60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gothic, Dark, Indie, Singleplayer.
An otome game that isn't quite otome — or simply, a visual novel. A modern gothic story of dreams, writing, and death. Multi-POV. You are the protagonist—a sleepwalker, a writer, and one bound by a promise to the dead. Please be sure to read the content guide and notes.
AMEN: The Quiet Exodus
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 45.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.9%, Dark 16.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: Gothic 43% ★, Dark 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Indie 1.4%
Rei, a protagonist who has become a ghost, and Chris, a mysterious girl who cannot speak. Switch between their forms and unique abilities as you journey through a secret world inhabited by extinct creatures in this cute yet slightly unsettling gothic exploration adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 48.5% ★, Text-Based 17%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%
A fast-paced gothic action platformer dripping with dark atmosphere, campy charm, and an original soundtrack. One goth girl. An endless horde of goo. Built with love by a solo developer who has been dreaming of this world for years.
Why similar: Gothic 59.2% ★, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Dark 19%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A dark lesbian / yuri gothic romance tale set in Victorian England, in which an anxious governess is aggressively pursued by her unruly, tempestuous pupil.
Why similar: Gothic 39.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Dark 11.3%, Text-Based 10.6%
这是一部暗黑童话百合视觉小说。世界陷入永恒黑夜，白发少女辛芙拉目睹潮水淹没故乡，无家可归的她踏上了寻找庇护所的旅途。途中，辛芙拉从树上救下了金发女仆玛丽。两人一同前往高塔避难，并逐渐揭开世界陷入永恒黑夜的真相。
Why similar: Gothic 45.4% ★, Visual Novel 21.9%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Text-Based 9.7%, Indie 1.3%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 36.6% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Explore a haunted mansion gallery filled with 3D animated art - and ghosts - to unlock a full-length illustrated audiobook
Why similar: Gothic 47% ★, Dark 17%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.
Why similar: Gothic 35.4% ★, Visual Novel 23.3%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Dark 13.9%, Text-Based 10.6%
A Gothic fantasy tale of loneliness, dark secrets, and the search for a cure.
Why similar: Gothic 55.1% ★, Visual Novel 26.2%, Dark 18.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.
Why similar: Gothic 47% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Text-Based 16.9%, Dark 14.1%, Indie 1.7%
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Why similar: Gothic 34.5% ★, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dark 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Why similar: Gothic 57.5% ★, Dark 24.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Indie 7%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: Gothic 37.8% ★, Visual Novel 23.1%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Text-Based 20.6%, Dark 20.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 43% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Dark 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?
Why similar: Gothic 45.4% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Dark 14.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 68.4% ★, Dark 18.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A minimalistic gothic clicker: click, collect Souls, upgrade your abilities, and unlock new stages by reaching the goals.
Why similar: Gothic 76.9% ★, Female Protagonist 20%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Text-Based 28.5%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Dark 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Text-Based 21.5%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Dark 11.3%
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 71.2% ★, Text-Based 19.9%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Step into the dark and unforgiving world of vampires and have the course of your life changed forever. Experience a Rich Narrative Experience with gothic horror, distinct protagonists, interesting characters, and varied locations.
Why similar: Gothic 48.7% ★, Visual Novel 25.3%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Indie 4.1%
A survival horror visual novel. When her train terminates at the strange and sinister Sylvan Station, Tera finds herself entangled in a neverending night of darkness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Gothic 21.9% ★, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Dark 11.4%
"A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.
Why similar: Gothic 45.2% ★, Visual Novel 36.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Dark 9.3%
幽霊のために、何ができるの
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Text-Based 41.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 42.1% ★, Visual Novel 23.9%, Dark 23.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 38% ★, Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 53.8% ★, Visual Novel 24%, Dark 14.3%, Female Protagonist 6.6%, Indie 1.3%
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 50.9% ★, Visual Novel 23.5%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Welcome to Jessica’s Choices – Series of Events. In this multiple-choice visual novel, you choose what happens. Out of the five possible starting points, she could be a student, looking for a new job, tangled up in a mess of revenge, a criminal defence attorney or going to the gym.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Text-Based 36.6%, Dark 22%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Kimmy is a visual novel game about a young babysitter in 1968. Dana takes a lonely girl named Kimmy under her wing, worried that she's having trouble making friends. Let summer begin! Collect trinkets, play street games, and learn about Kimmy and her mysterious family as summer passes by.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Female Protagonist 40.2%, Indie 13%
“A meteorite will fall in three days. That's why I want to commit suicide proactively before then.” The girl who told me this upon our first meeting was someone I encountered on the school rooftop—a place that should have been off-limits.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.2%, Visual Novel 41.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Don't Forget Your Helmet is a quiet mystical romance about a lonely motorcyclist, a strange girl who knows too much about endings, and the small human choices that can change the shape of tomorrow.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, Visual Novel 30%, Dark 22.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Indie 3.1%
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Text-Based 32.8%, Dark 19.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Indie 2.2%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 48.5% ★, Visual Novel 24.3%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Indie 0.4%
这是一部电波系视觉小说，你将以边缘视角加入推理社，与社员们对话，开启似是而非的恋爱故事。
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Text-Based 34.4%, Female Protagonist 27.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Dark 19.8%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Gothic 62.1% ★, Visual Novel 34%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
BAPTISM is a short kinetic novel about a madman, a child, and a lake.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.4%, Dark 35%, Indie 14.5%
Discover the world of Nadaca, meet emotionally rich characters and help them express their feelings through conversations, mini-games and a plant-growing system.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.3%, Female Protagonist 31.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Indie 1.9%
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Text-Based 29.1%, Dark 19.1%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Indie 3.8%
敵の猛攻を掻い潜り、撃破していく高難易度アクション。大鎌使いとなりホムンクルスに支配された街を取り戻しましょう。
Why similar: Gothic 77% ★, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Lady Ligeia, the legendary and magnificent witch, welcome to the House of Usher. Roderick Usher is scheming to resurrect the wicked witch Lenore. We are in dire need of your great Machina magic. Please save us.
Why similar: Gothic 45.5% ★, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Dark 17%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Indie 3.1%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.4%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Dark 19.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!
Why similar: Gothic 45% ★, Visual Novel 21%, Dark 15.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%
A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Text-Based 31%, Dark 19.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Indie 4.2%
A tale of women's passion, laughter, and tears. Yin Di lives on a continent called "Jiuzhou"，as a youth, Yin Ti enters the martial arts sect "Tianjianzong" to study and cultivate. Through communal life, she learns to challenge fate into submission, persisting on her journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Female Protagonist 35%, Text-Based 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
In this dark fantasy yuri visual novel, follow the events that lead up to the fateful meeting of two young women. Accompany Sofia, a human revolutionary, and Vlatka, the vampire princess, as they navigate political upheaval, forbidden romance, and the ugliness of war.
Why similar: Gothic 35.4% ★, Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 20.8%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Indie 1.3%
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Text-Based 22.5%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Dark 19.9%, Hentai 5.4%
Apple-loving girl delivers potatoes and makes people happy... ?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Text-Based 32.5%, Female Protagonist 28%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
東方Projectでおなじみ、上海アリス幻樂団様制作の音楽CDシリーズ「秘封倶楽部」の二次創作ノベルゲームです。選択肢はありません。物語中で入手した記憶の欠片「フラグメント」や、プレイヤー自身の知恵によって物語を分岐させ、彼女達の冒険―蓮台野夜行―を成功に導きましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Text-Based 33.8%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 54.9% ★, Visual Novel 24.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 40.4% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, Dark 17.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.
Why similar: Gothic 43.9% ★, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Dark 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Gothic 42.8% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Indie 1.9%
A yuri visual novel about a vampiress and a monster hunter falling in love in Victorian England.
Why similar: Gothic 52.2% ★, Visual Novel 31.5%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Text-Based 33.2%, Dark 19.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50%, Text-Based 48.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
