Games Like Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Character Customization 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%

You're entangled in a royal conspiracy. A deadly game where the pieces can become friends, foes, lovers, and of course… sacrifices.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Investigation 10.1%

Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Romance 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Your magic awakes—and so does your heart! A whimsical, text-based interactive romance novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, RPG 8.5%

When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Character Customization 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%

As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12%

A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 8.8%

ARISEN is a narrative card game where you use your emotions to create your own story in a dark fantasy universe.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Card Game 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%

DO NOT PLAY! This 8bit game is a port from a mystery source...This casual, linier, interactive story game centers around a campfire with old friends telling... tales.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.4%, 1990's 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Lore-Rich 12%

A deckbuilding narrative RPG about conflict negotiation, goats, and impending doom. Make your own goat character, navigate arguments with cards, uncover an ancient mystery, and try to save the world.

Why similar: Card Game 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Character Customization 12.4%

Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%

A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Card Game 12.4%, Horror 10.5%

Divine Omen is a horror point-and-click visual novel where you control the fates of your companions. Investigate the world and relive Avan's nightmares to determine which choices must be made to save lives...or take them. Will you become the executioner?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Investigation 10.8%

This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, Card Game 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Horror 7.6%

TFTU: After Midnight is a dark / gothic visual novel with multiple endings. Your choices matter and will determine who stays alive and who dies. Discovering the whole truth about the murders will require more than one playthrough.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, RPG 12.7%, Romance 10.6%

See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Character Customization 14.2%, Romance 11.2%

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Character Customization 12%

An interactive fiction epic fantasy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, RPG 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Lore-Rich 11.7%

Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Character Customization 14.9%, Romance 12.4%

Spellbound: The Magic Within is a branching narrative, multiple ending visual novel. Jump into a world of Magic, Witchcraft and Mystery as a magician in training. Interact with a host of unusual characters. Choose from multiple schools of magic, bond with your tutor, and maybe even save the world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Romance 7.4%

You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Romance 11.4%

Every choice you make brings you closer to Death. Dive into death, spirits, and your subconscious in this gothic fantasy visual novel told in six thrilling parts. (Parts 2-6 in development)

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Investigation 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Romance 9.6%

Duel wizards, cast spells, find true love, and keep your academic scholarship, all while investigating the mysterious disappearances plaguing your campus!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, RPG 13.9%, Romance 11.5%, Character Customization 10.5%

A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Lore-Rich 16%, Romance 10.5%

Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Romance 12.8%, Character Customization 11.9%

You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this choice-driven interactive tale.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Character Customization 12.3%

Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Character Customization 12.3%, Romance 10.3%

Sell your soul for happiness - and help others do the same. As the new demonic manager of a luxury high-rise, you'll use sex and diplomacy to uncover people's deepest desires and transform their bodies and minds - all while running a business! Text-based CYOA with over 1 million words of content.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Romance 11.1%

A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 15%, RPG 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.4%

When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 15%, Romance 11.2%, Mystery 10%

As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Romance 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.2%

As one of the surviving members of a wealthy family, navigate a treacherous web of lies, deceit, and suspicion to identify the killer and claim your inheritance. But with a killer on the loose, you must be careful not to become the next victim.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Romance 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Character Customization 8.7%

Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Investigation 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, RPG 8.9%

Spell Candle is your grief coping mechanism in a 2D romance visual novel. Take on the role of a foreign correspondent turned investigator of magical crimes to uncover the culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of a sleeping God.

Why similar: Romance 13%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Investigation 9.9%

Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, RPG 14.8%

Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, RPG 14.1%, Romance 10.7%

Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, RPG 15.1%, Romance 11%

Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Character Customization 9%

Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Romance 9.6%

A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Romance 10.5%

A point-and-click visual novel. You’re thrust into a mysterious dungeon, where your mission is to traverse it and find love amongst its inhabitants. Explore, survive and interact with characters.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%

This school for supernaturals isn't hell, but it is a hellmouth! Can you make peace between the vampires and werewolves, and close the portal to hell?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, RPG 13.1%, Romance 9.8%

You've played this game before. It's a haunted game about a haunted game. You may not remember, but the game remembers you. I remember you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%

Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, RPG 12.6%

Play the role of an apprentice alchemist on the road in a merchant caravan. During the journey you will discover many things, including love? A gay medieval fantasy visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Romance 12.7%, Mystery 9.6%

Discover the depths of your fetishes and kinks with EmyLiveShow stars Emy and Nia! Spend amazing hours in the company of beautiful v-tubers and find out their secrets!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Romance 13.3%, Character Customization 12.7%

You will play a hexfinder in the employ of Queen Charlotte’s Anglican Church, tasked with seeking out the witches and warlocks (colloquially known as hexcrafters) who threaten her fair nation. A story-rich, text-based RPG, Hexfinder is a supernatural alt-historical adventure!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Investigation 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11.2%

A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Romance 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%

Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Character Customization 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Romance 11.8%

Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.8%, 1990's 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Horror 8.2%

A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Romance 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 9%

After being invited to the biggest house party of the year, things take an unexpected turn when you summon an ancient lust demon. Navigate a bustling house party, attempting to lure unknowing party guests as sacrifices to your new god. Who knows, maybe if you do good they'll keep you?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, 1990's 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%

ScreamCap is a team of paranormal investigators live streaming their dives into the unknown to an audience of believers.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Romance 12.6%, Mystery 10%

When 17 year old Sadie Finley discovers that her favorite fictional character from one of the video games she plays, Eugene Fellure, has somehow been transported to the real world, Sadie decides to embark on a journey to figure out how this happened and how the impossible could be possible.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Romance 10%, RPG 9.3%

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and keep those audience ratings high -- or get cancelled in more ways than one! Welcome to Must See TV.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Romance 12.7%, 1990's 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%

A seasonal visual horror story! The night before Christmas, and you're tiny, trapped by a giant, malicious, man-eating elf. It's a race against time to find a path out of her workshop before she devours you all. In this illustrated, part animated narrative puzzle, your choices decide your survival.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Investigation 11.8%

Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Investigation 10.4%