
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Dark.

You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.

Eyes Wide Open
Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, see if you can trust your AI assistant, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.

The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, see if you can trust your AI assistant, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.
Why similar: Cult 45.7% ★, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Mystery 7%, Dystopian 6.8%, Surreal 6.7%
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
Why similar: Cult 54.4% ★, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 7%, Mystery 6.5%, Thriller 6.1%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Cult 50.3% ★, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Dark 6.3%
Cult Vacui is a horror point-and-click adventure with survival and time management elements where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Cult 54.4% ★, Thriller 8.4%, Mystery 7.7%, Point & Click 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%
Faced with expulsion from his order, fledgling alchemist Leon must brave the seas and travel to Port Gelour, a plague-ridden city on the brink of revolution. Craft potent potions, befriend quirky locals, and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the waves in a quest for alchemy and discovery!
Why similar: Cult 56.4% ★, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Thriller 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Mystery 5.7%
The little boy Kiddo has spent most of his life in the hospital. Little does he know what a complicated and fascinating world lies concealed beyond the hospital walls. Today, on Kiddo's birthday, his mom wasn't around. Instead of her, the boy met Shadow, who inspired him to escape from a hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 10.5%, Point & Click 9.2%, Surreal 9.1%
Aaron wakes up in a nation where obedience is survival. As reality bleeds into a surreal nightmare, he isn’t just running from a regime. He is fleeing something far worse. Truth isn’t just hidden. It’s hungry.
Why similar: Dystopian 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Cult 45.2% ★, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%
A third-person psychological survival horror game set in a corpse-strewn school. Explore twisted halls, solve tense escape room puzzles, evade relentless pursuers, and uncover the truth behind a hidden paranormal research facility.
Why similar: Cult 53.8% ★, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Mystery 7.3%, Thriller 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Surreal 15.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Emotional 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A psychological horror visual novel. You're trapped in a corporate training simulation with replayable loops. Navigate branching dialogue choices. Reality glitches. People fade away. Your decisions escalate the dread.
Why similar: Cult 41.8% ★, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Surreal 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
千禧年初西北某地,一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时,行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸,他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入,竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案!相同的一尊佛像,背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中,种种诡异可怖的表象之下,深埋着未知的秘密。
Why similar: Surreal 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Emotional 10.6%, Thriller 10.5%
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 13.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Emotional 12.3%, Thriller 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 14.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a social worker who obeys a wall socket. Follow its instructions, explore the city’s last inhabited apartment building, and pry secrets from its residents. All to fulfill the terms of the contract.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Emotional 11%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Surreal 9.9%
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Emotional 15.8%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Your two best friends just broke up, its up to you to figure out why and whose fault it is. Good thing you’re a detective!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Thriller 16.3%, Dark 12%, Emotional 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.7%, Surreal 11.9%, Emotional 11%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Point & Click 9.1%
Face your emotions in this dark fantasy visual novel with horror elements, set in a world on the brink of catastrophe. Will you take the Hedonistic path and indulge in pleasure until the bitter end, or will you try to save yourself and your loved ones?
Why similar: Cult 46.3% ★, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Emotional 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.6%, Thriller 11.6%, Emotional 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Cult 56.5% ★, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Thriller 8.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Emotional 8.7%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark 11%, Thriller 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Deep-fry lángos in a Budapest alleyway and serve the regulars from the apartment building across the courtyard while they slowly realize someone is picking them off, one by one.
Why similar: Cult 61.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Emotional 8.2%, Mystery 6.6%, Dark 4.9%
A psychological horror adventure game about social anxiety.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Emotional 11%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Point & Click 10%
Read the story from beginning to end, solve all the puzzles and unravel the creepy history of Candyworld. Accept the invitation to the tea party and make a choice - escape forever or stop the destruction of the magical world.
Why similar: Surreal 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Dark 10.7%, Thriller 9.9%
No Sleep for Sole is a surreal survival horror game about mental illness and abuse. You play as a young boy named Sole who stays awake at night to protect himself from the monsters he sees around his home.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Surreal 16.8%, Emotional 14%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 12.4%, Mystery 12%, Surreal 11.7%, Point & Click 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Emotional 10.3%, Surreal 9.8%
Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.9%, Surreal 17.2%, Emotional 13.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Dark 10.3%
An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Surreal 20.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Story Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 9%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Surreal 11.5%, Emotional 11%, Mystery 10.7%
A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Thriller 13.5%, Dark 9.9%, Choices Matter 8%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Point & Click 10.1%
You have found yourself within this god forsaken prison. The people around you don't seem human... They don't look good or trustworthy... But you share the same goal, freedom.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Surreal 13.5%, Dystopian 12.4%, Point & Click 11.2%, Dark 10.2%
Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10.2%
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Thriller 10.1%, Dark 9.7%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Thriller 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Viktor finds himself in a mysterious apartment with no way out. He discovers an amazing ability to move between two parallel worlds. This discovery helps him piece together the scattered fragments of what is happening and find the key to solving the mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Point & Click 15%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Surreal 12%, Story Rich 10.6%
《残秽的我们》是一款本土手绘写实风格的恐怖冒险游戏,以真实事件为蓝本改编。在游戏中,玩家将跟随女主“无者”的脚步,深入由亡者怨念而产生的“怨秽地”,利用“刻印”的力量,探究隐藏其中的一段真实往事。
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.4%
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: Emotional 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10.4%
Death isn’t the end - it’s your last chance. Solve haunting puzzles and make choices that matter as you guide Vale across the underworld. Will regret follow her into eternity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Mystery 8.4%
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Surreal 12%, Point & Click 10.7%
Pseudo-Psy Play is an eccentric blend of a side-scrolling shooter and a point-and-click adventure. The time has come – face your fears in this bone-chilling story-driven horror game that feels (and looks) like nothing else in the genre. Are you ready, Joseph?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Thriller 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Dark 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Point & Click 13.6%, Dark 10.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Story Rich 10.2%
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: Emotional 17%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Surreal 10.5%
Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Dark 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%
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: Emotional 20.3%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Dark 13.5%, Dystopian 12.2%, Story Rich 11.3%
June. No matter what you do—or don’t—days keep moving. But some choices stay. Some things don’t come back. This is that kind of story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Emotional 15%, Mystery 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: Emotional 14.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Surreal 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Point & Click 10.5%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Surreal 12.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%
90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Surreal 14.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Emotional 10.9%, Thriller 10.5%
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Dark 12%, Story Rich 10.6%, Emotional 9.8%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Surreal 15%, Point & Click 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.9%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Surreal 14%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
The Supreme Leader has summoned you to receive the Award of Excellent Labour. Navigate a landscape defined by strict quotas and failing harvests, facing Overseers and desperate workers in turn-based RPG combat. Reach the palace, stand before the Supreme Leader, and weigh the cost of stability.
Why similar: Cult 58.2% ★, Dystopian 13.4%, Dark 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Emotional 12.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Dystopian 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 10.4%
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: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Emotional 12.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Thriller 10.1%, Dystopian 10%