- #1 Erica
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,757 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Crime 11.1%, Point & Click 11%
- #2 Martha Is Dead
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,915 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological 27.6%, Thriller 24.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #3 Afterdream
96% matchVery Positive93% of 358 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 25%, Thriller 16.8%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #4 A Night at the Watermill
95% matchVery Positive95% of 61 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: Thriller 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #5 SIMULACRA
94% 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: Thriller 18.5%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological 14%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #6 Forgive or Finalize
94% matchMixed69% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
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 21.6%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #7 Neve
93% 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 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #8 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,168 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.2%, Thriller 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #9 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,222 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Psychological 30.6%, Female Protagonist 17%, Noir 13.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 10.2%
- #10 Saint Kotar
91% 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 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #11 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
90% 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 22.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #12 Who's Lila?
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #13 Bad Faith
89% 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 25.1%, Thriller 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 11%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #14 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Point & Click 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #15 Lorelai
88% matchVery Positive91% of 1,660 reviews2019
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.8%, Point & Click 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 7.5%
- #16 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
87% matchVery Positive94% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #17 Hazy Mind
86% 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 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #18 YOUR HOUSE
85% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Thriller 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #19 DEAD LAMB WALKING
84% matchVery Positive97% of 200 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #20 Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,052 reviews2021
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Thriller 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Psychological 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #21 Veloria
83% matchVery Positive91% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: Thriller 29.2%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #22 Lover's Enigma
82% 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: Noir 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #23 The Wreck
81% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #24 Love Alone Death
80% matchVery Positive98% of 441 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #25 Cabernet
79% matchVery Positive95% of 2,300 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #26 MINE MEMORY
79% 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 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Female Protagonist 7%
- #27 While We Wait Here
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,424 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Thriller 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #28 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #29 I Saw Black Clouds
81% 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 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #30 BAD END THEATER
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,015 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #31 Fran Bow
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,901 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Point & Click 26.8%, Psychological 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #32 Obsessed : Night Shift
75% matchVery Positive90% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Thriller 36.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #33 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
76% 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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #34 Will Die Alone
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #35 The Cat Lady
75% matchVery Positive94% of 6,285 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Psychological 20.1%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #36 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
74% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Crime 14.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #37 Ib
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,289 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Female Protagonist 14%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #38 Lost in the Woods
72% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: delulu girl
Windows
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Psychological 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #39 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
73% matchVery Positive80% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #40 This Bed We Made
71% matchVery Positive91% of 3,323 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Crime 22%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #41 Decollate Decoration
70% matchVery Positive93% of 446 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Point & Click 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Adventure 9%
- #42 Night Loops
73% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #43 Chinatown Detective Agency
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Crime 20.7%, Point & Click 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #44 Folie Fatale
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Thriller 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #45 Case #1472
73% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #46 Snowfall's Mystery
71% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #47 One's Own Exile
68% matchVery Positive100% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
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: Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #48 Log.in
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #49 LOVE ETERNAL
67% matchVery Positive96% of 492 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Story Rich 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Adventure 8.4%
- #50 Hydrangea
69% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological 16.9%, Psychological Horror 5.3%
- #51 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
68% 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: Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #52 Her Story
70% matchVery Positive89% of 10,391 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Crime 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #53 Restless Dreams
67% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.6%, Adventure 20.1%, Story Rich 17.3%, Indie 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #54 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Thriller 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #55 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
66% matchVery Positive91% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Crime 27.7%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #56 Blake: The Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Thriller 11.7%, Crime 11.4%
- #57 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
69% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #58 Stiff Neck
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,122 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Crime 16.7%, Psychological 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
- #59 Recall: Empty Wishes
66% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%