Games Like Necromancy for Homies

Lost on Cow Island is a linear story-driven comedy adventure game, in the style of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, or Day of the Tentacle. Look, Interact, and Talk to a host of kooky af characters and navigate out of impossible situations to fix your time-travelling car and get back home!

Why similar: Satire 19.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, 1990's 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%

An Old Internet experience by someone who loved being there.

Why similar: Satire 46.8% ★, 1990's 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Stylized 4.8%, 2D 3.6%

A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, 1990's 13%, Text-Based 11.6%

A weird jellyfish handles marriage crisis with alcohol, drugs, sex, blows and lots of odd characters.

Why similar: Satire 32.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Surreal 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, 1990's 14.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Adventure 8.7%

"Revizor" is a visual novel, a simulator of an office employee. You can flirt with colleagues at work, go on dates, earn and spend money, do business, meet friends, conduct audits, get sick and heal, listen to the radio with exclusive tracks, make decisions, run errands, and much more!

Why similar: Satire 23.6% ★, 1990's 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 15.1%

Hello! Hi! How are you? It's time to play! TAKE CARE OF THE DOG is a short story about... taking care of a dog! Play around, follow him, find items, go get the water in the basement (for some reason) and a lot more!

Why similar: Satire 37.1% ★, 1990's 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Surreal 13.8%, Dark 11.3%

Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.

Why similar: Satire 38.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%

Laira Cut Me Open is a 2D interactive story about a woman's fear and hatred. Find the perpetrator who cut you open, stole part of your body, locked you up in a psych ward, and snatched your husband, money and job. When she shows her face, you're gonna return the favor.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Dark 11.2%

A horror adventure where you confront supernatural phenomena and unravel mysteries in a school transformed into another world, all to save your childhood friend. Exploration, combat, and psychological terror await you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Hidden Object 16.6%, 1990's 13.3%, Action-Adventure 13%

Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Magic 10.2%

Straight from the fright factory comes three SPOOKY games in one! Date demons from the center of the planet! Save a spooky theme park! Smash some faces in as giant Kaiju!

Why similar: Satire 37.8% ★, Surreal 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Stylized 5.9%

Embark on a whimsical, surreal four-act journey in a handcrafted storybook theater. Take on different roles and uncover the mystery of Nomanland.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Surreal 20.2%, Magic 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%

You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.

Why similar: Satire 22.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Surreal 15.4%, Text-Based 11.7%

"키마이라 트러블"은 1995년 대한민국에서 살고 있는 "서■■"이 "아클락스"에서 만들어진 전투 실험체 3인을 만나는 것으로 스토리가 전개되는 비주얼 노벨입니다. 이야기가 진행됨으로서, 그 과정에서 밝혀지는 진실과 주인공이 마주하는 또 다른 진실. 주인공과 실험체 세 명은 생존을 위해 발악하게 될 것입니다.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Dark 15.5%, 1990's 15.2%

The Magnificent Mion is a warrior queen from Wharevarland. She battles a malignant verse-making kraken, tries to win the love of Count De Loboda, studies at an ordinary magical school, and she's also... crazy! Absurdism. Ridiculousness. Idiocy.

Why similar: Satire 28% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Magic 14.7%, Stylized 8.2%

Elation For The Wonder Box 6000 is a first-person, claymation adventure game about going into the city to try and find a game from your youth that no one else remembers.

Why similar: Satire 24.4% ★, Surreal 18.6%, 1990's 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Interactive Fiction 15%

Do you want to become the leader of a cult? Do you want to cause nightmares, take control of others' dreams and contact the dead? Welcome to "Cult of Mine" that unites occultism, rabbits, and satire!

Why similar: Satire 40.3% ★, Magic 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Dark 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%

A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Satire 25.6% ★, Text-Based 20.8%, Crime 13.1%, Dark 9.8%

A walk-and-talk indie adventure game where you and your dysfunctional witch parents cook teens to stay young and powerful. But when they bring in a charming girl as your next meal, will you uphold the family tradition or risk everything to save her?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Magic 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%

《失欲》是一部基於帝國主義時期歐洲的短篇反烏托邦小說，它通過多線敘事，描繪了奧盧格帝國從資本主義逐漸過渡到半奴役制度的過程，呼籲人們反資本、反戰、反封建。 The English version is still being translated and produced.

Why similar: Satire 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dark 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Alternate History 9.7%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Surreal 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%

The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...

Why similar: 1990's 22.5%, Surreal 17.2%, Alternate History 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%

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: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, 1990's 19.7%, Dark 11%, Adventure 9%

My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Text-Based 12.2%

Welcome to Duck Angeles — a sun-soaked city inhabited by ducks, where corruption runs deep and every problem can be solved with the right envelope. Here, the law is just a formality, and order is maintained by those who know how to make deals.

Why similar: Satire 62% ★, 1990's 29.1%, Adventure 5.9%, 2D 3%

Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Text-Based 11.5%, Adventure 10.1%

The Twisting Trail of Clues is a captivating and thrilling modern-day murder mystery. Set in a bustling city, the story follows detective Emma as she tries to solve a seemingly impossible case - the murder of a prominent businessman by a mysterious secret society.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Crime 14%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Dark 11.5%

A visual novel in the setting of Slavic folklore in which you will walk through the forest at night when the line between the world of the living and the dead is thinner than ever. Look carefully at your feet and, perhaps, you will see the dawn.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Alternate History 14.4%, Magic 11.3%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.3%

Joe Biden is back as the one term president hoping to become the two time president. November 2024 is only months away but the world is getting more ridiculing by the day. Choose your decisions wisely and help Mister 46 survive his next 3 weeks in office. You must help Joe Escape From MAGA, again.

Why similar: Satire 34.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Alternate History 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Surreal 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 13.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 18%, Surreal 17.5%, Dark 15.1%

Our heroes must travel to Canada and are surprised to find out it's a real place and not fictional.

Why similar: Satire 36.5% ★, Alternate History 22%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%, 2D 5.4%

An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.

Why similar: Satire 32.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Adventure 7.4%

The romantic noir visual novel The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf returns to Kabukicho in this unhinged simul-quel. Me, Azami, and the whole ragtag gang rampage through five all-new short stories!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Crime 16.3%, Dark 15.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%

«Soviet Clinic» — a satirical survival simulator set inside the offices of public healthcare. Will you make it through every doctor without losing your mind?

Why similar: Satire 39.6% ★, 1990's 17.7%, Side Scroller 11%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Dialogue Heavy 24.6%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, 2D 6.2%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: 1990's 27%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Dark 17%, Third Person 11.9%, Adventure 6.5%

Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%

A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Surreal 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.3%

Discover the mysterious city of Upper Morkezela, where gods go to die. As an apprentice to the priest of the fungal cult, your task will be to discover what lies behind the mysterious distress signal sent from the city.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Hidden Object 20.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Surreal 15.3%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.5%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Surreal 10.4%, Dark 8.7%

After the haunting climax of Sally Face, the sequel continues the dark adventure with a group of friends struggling to find meaning in a world broken by darkness.

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Surreal 10.7%

It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Satire 22.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, 1990's 8%

A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 21.4%, Surreal 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, 2D 6.1%

A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.5%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 16%, Dark 13%, Adventure 10.6%

A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Magic 17.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%

In this darkly comedic retelling of Dante Alighieri's Inferno, you are Dana, a food delivery driver who is guided through the nine circles of Hell. Overcome (or succumb) to desire, deliver meals, and face your own dark secrets as you deliver your way to the deepest layer of Hell.

Why similar: Satire 32.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Hidden Object 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Text-Based 7%

BlockSouls is a surreal indie adventure set in a lonely brutalist city. Explore strange places, meet unsettling characters, face disturbing enemies, and uncover hidden paths in a dark, dreamlike world.

Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Dark 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Third Person 9.6%

Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Alternate History 21%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Text-Based 9.4%

A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules already at work. No branches or bad endings.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Dark 6.2%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Dark 11.8%, Adventure 9.6%

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 24.8%, Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Text-Based 20.3%, Dark 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

You’re nobody. Until you become someone. Build a street empire from dirt, pain, and rage.

Why similar: Satire 24.7% ★, 1990's 19.6%, Side Scroller 17%, Crime 11.9%, Dark 9.6%

Welcome to Press a Button Simulator: a new and exciting twist on modern video games. Gone is the time of tryhards and sweats, and in is the new age of only pressing a button! Will you find all the secrets? Of course not! There is only one: You get to press a button!

Why similar: Satire 52.9% ★, Surreal 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 1.8%

An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 7.8%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Surreal 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.3%

Entered ■■■■■■■... A retro-style horror visual novel branching into various horror subgenres.

Why similar: 1990's 26.7%, Surreal 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14.7%, Surreal 14%