
An entity traps you in a room in an endless loop; you must play a hand-gesture game just for a chance to survive or escape—and whatever you do, don't make her angry
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Singleplayer, Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure.

An entity traps you in a room in an endless loop; you must play a hand-gesture game just for a chance to survive or escape—and whatever you do, don't make her angry

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A world where Spilia, a virus that causes delusions and hallucinations, has become epidemic. A horror visual novel game set in a hospital where patients are isolated.

アパシー 鳴神学園七不思議
怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。
A world where Spilia, a virus that causes delusions and hallucinations, has become epidemic. A horror visual novel game set in a hospital where patients are isolated.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Psychological 8.8%
怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Anime 11.1%, Horror 8.5%
A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
Three students record future-self videos in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone, and only corrupted marks prove she was ever there. A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Anime 8.5%
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Hidden Object 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Psychological 9.8%
Deep in the dim forest, where the trees had stolen the light and the wind had vanished...the brother and sister walked along a path shrouded in purple mist.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Dark Comedy 17.1%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Adventure 9.9%
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Horror 9.2%
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Hidden Object 13.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a suspense-horror game set at a prestigious academy. When rumors circulate about supernatural occurrences at the famed Konoehara Academy in Tokyo’s H City, it’s up to the head of the Kujou family, also known as the “Spirit Doctor,” to take on the case.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Horror 13.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Gore 8.1%
『連呪(れんず)』は、連鎖する「死の呪い」の謎に迫るホラーアドベンチャーです。 薄暗い闇の中を照らす懐中電灯と、霊が撮影できる呪いのカメラアプリを使って、心霊スポット内の異変を感じる場所を探し、調査しましょう。 自らに降りかかった呪いを解くことができるでしょうか。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Hidden Object 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Gore 6.9%
An absurdist comedy choose-your-own-adventure game featuring a massive cast of bizarre characters, notebook-doodle visuals, and 7 crazy endings! As you embark on your quest to go to the store, the denizens of this zany town will seek your help with their insane problems.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Violent 7%
A young inmate is given a faded body pillow of a girl from an old romance VN. Then she starts speaking... and becomes the only person who still sees him as human. A short psychological horror VN about isolation, guilt, parasocial comfort, and the terror of choosing freedom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Multiple Endings 10%, Adventure 9.8%
He wanders into the village and comes face to face with the village customs and the mystery of the sacred tree. However, he is also a freak who wants to desecrate the mystery. The battle for the salvation of mankind by the cursed village begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Psychological 9.1%, Horror 9.1%
Hindsight is a Visual Novel with themes of romance and horror, in which the player takes control of three key individuals at different points in time, and must help them to survive their trials in order to truly understand their stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Normal Person is a single player horror, first person Visual Novel where your choices matter! Will you be able to escape or will you be stuck in a limbo with the man who claims to be a "Normal person"
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Dark Comedy 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 8.7%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Psychological 17.3%, Anime 14%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 9.3%
48 hours before the floodgates open and drown the town to protect the City Above. Vik and his friends steal a maintenance tram through the wall. A short psychological horror VN about escape made useful.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Anime 8%
Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Horror 8%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Anime 6.8%, Gore 6.5%
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 8.9%
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Horror 7.4%
The story is set in an alternate universe where the player is struggling with the memories of what they know to be HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- and the mysterious look-alikes who pull them every which way. Can the player figure out the truth about this twisted world and return to the guild?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Gore 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Horror 7.9%
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Anime 9.5%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological 10.3%, Supernatural 8.7%
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Anime 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%
A stray flyer, a run-down detective agency, a boss who vanishes on day one. In early-2000s Japan, untangle small cases and the reasons behind them — a retro-PC "line & paint" mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Hidden Object 20.6%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Adventure 10.1%
University of Progress very choice-driven. Like actually choice-driven. Not random dialogue that has minimal impact on the story beyond making the PNG blush. You can accidentally cause the entire school to burn down.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 12%, Dark Humor 9.8%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Psychological 8%
LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam".
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Hidden Object 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 7.9%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Gore 6.7%
Embark on a music-driven adventure across dimensions in this choice-based death metal visual novel. Lead your band between the human and demon realms, experience romance, and make destiny-altering decisions. Stunning graphics and an death metal soundtrack will amplify your thrilling journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Dark Humor 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Anime 12%, Gore 8.9%
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Adventure 8.1%
A supernatural horror visual novel game where your choices decide if you and your friends see the light of day again or not. Use your sleuthing skills with point and click mechanics to battle horrifying creatures of the night that haunt an abandoned school building and earn your title of "Exorcist"!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Anime 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Supernatural 10.1%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Anime 8.8%
The final chapter of the Class of '09 VN series... this time from a different perspective! Join Nicole's best friend Jecka as you help her navigate the pitfalls of post-grad life! See what 2009 was truly like in this fully voiced interactive sitcom!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Anime 7.8%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Gore 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.5%
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Anime 15.4%, Violent 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Gore 11%
Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Dark Comedy 18.8%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Gore 10.6%, Anime 10.3%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Gore 8.7%
A nonlinear thriller where cyberpunk meets biopunk. A rebellion is brewing in the “perfect” city of Kudesh. Choose your side and decide who you are willing to trust with your life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Gore 7.8%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Dark Comedy 17.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Gore 7.3%
A weird, surreal visual novel retelling the cult B-movie Manos: The Hands of Fate. Face tarot cards, blackjack duels, and bad vacation decisions in this Ghibli-meets-grindhouse choose-your-own-disaster comedy. Featuring Torgo. Lots of Torgo.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Supernatural 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Supernatural 11%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Psychological 10%
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 11.4%, Dark Humor 8.3%
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Hidden Object 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.5%
Middle school girls face final exams and a deadly supernatural game. An urban legend of a “nonexistent telephone pole.” The “Eight Sisters,” silver assassin, and mysterious “RULERS.” A supernatural suspense of survival and conspiracy. Ongoing story continuing to unfold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Anime 9.1%
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Supernatural 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%
This is not a story of a hero.This is the story of the loser. It is a story in which a man who once escaped fights to recover his star.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Gore 8.9%, Violent 8.2%
In the summer of third year of high school, the movie club which he belongs in crisis of survival! Have make movie until Cultural festival, if don’t make impress the audience, movie club will be forced to abolish. The cast of the movie is what a girl! Will he be able to keep the movie club alive ?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Horror 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
DEATH MOON is a murder mystery death game visual novel inspired by games like Danganropa. However, ironically, in this "death game", death itself is not permanent. Every time you die, you open your eyes at the start of the loop forever trapped in an endless game of death and misery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Hentai 11.6%, Gore 9.6%, Anime 9.1%
"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Anime 13.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Supernatural 10.5%
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Anime 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 13.6%, 2D 6.6%
The story of a group of friends who set out for some urban exploring. By breaking into this abandoned house, Emy, Perle, Oliver, and Faez just wanted to check out the rumors going around town. Little do they know, the energy inside is very real... and it's moving with them in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Horror 10.9%, Supernatural 8.8%
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Anime 11.1%, Horror 10%
The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 27.9%, Adventure 14.2%, Violent 9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Arrive at Eden Camp as John, the newest counselor at a remote summer retreat. Three women welcome you warmly perhaps too warmly. As bonds deepen and nights grow darker, you'll learn that devotion has a price. Every choice matters. Not everyone makes it home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Anime 12.9%, Gore 6.8%