60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Adventure.
In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
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Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 10.3%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark 9.9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20%, Cute 10.6%, Anime 9.2%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Anime 12.9%, Horror 10.1%, Cute 9.3%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 14.4%, 2D 10.5%, Dark 8.6%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Horror 33.3%, Dark 28.2%, 2D 23.6%, Story Rich 15%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 10.8%, Anime 8.7%
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Story Rich 34%, Horror 27.6%, Dark 19.8%, 2D 16.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Anime 11.1%, Cute 9.2%
Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.3%, Visual Novel 38.3%, Story Rich 18.4%
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.2%, Horror 32.6%, Story Rich 18.2%
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 12%
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Anime 10.9%, Dark 9.8%, Drama 9.7%
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 9.9%, Anime 8.5%
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 56.1%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Dark 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Anime 11.4%, Horror 9%
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 8.7%, Cute 8.1%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Visual Novel 25%, Horror 12.4%, Anime 12%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Anime 14.4%, Cute 11.4%, 2D 9.3%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Horror 10.7%, Anime 9%, Cute 8.7%
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Psychological Horror 34.5%, Horror 15.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.9%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Anime 12.4%, Dark 8.4%, 2D 8.2%
Cody, haunted by psychological demons, envisions a monstrous threat eliminating all he hates.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Horror 12.8%, 2D 7.7%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Anime 15.2%, Story Rich 8.7%, 2D 8.4%
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 12.7%, Cute 12.5%, Anime 8.8%
A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.8%, Dark 27.6%, Horror 18.6%, 2D 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.8%, Horror 19%, Dark 11.7%, Story Rich 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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: 2D 31.9%, Story Rich 23.8%, Horror 22%, Dark 17.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 7.6%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.8%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Story Rich 6.5%, Cute 6.1%
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.9%, Dark 18%, Story Rich 14%, Horror 13.9%, 2D 8.5%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Dark 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, 2D 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 14.4%, Anime 9.4%, Story Rich 2.3%
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.3%, Horror 25.1%, 2D 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 16.3%, Anime 12.1%, Dark 7.2%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dark 12.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
A visual novel about raising a cute robot child, which may or may not go horribly wrong. Your choices decide the outcome.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Horror 17.4%, Anime 16.9%, Cute 14.5%, Dark 9.4%
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.5%, Horror 28.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Dark 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dark 6.1%, 2D 6%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Anime 9.9%, Horror 8.4%
Open your eyes, get ready for school, and try to follow your usual routine. With your mother away, the responsibility of getting through the day falls on you.
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Dark 26.7%, Singleplayer 5.4%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52%, Dark 23.2%, Story Rich 17.2%, Horror 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Psychological Horror 46.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 17%, Dark 9.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Dark 14.2%, Cute 13.9%, Anime 12.2%, Horror 10.7%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Anime 16.6%, Horror 12.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 11.2%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Anime 10%, Horror 9.9%
You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game
Why similar: Horror 94.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%
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: Visual Novel 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 9.5%
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.1%, Horror 34.2%, Story Rich 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Horror 9.5%, Cute 6.4%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48%, Anime 24.5%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Story Rich 3.5%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Cute 9.3%, Horror 8.5%
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.1%, Horror 29.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Dark 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45%, Anime 18.4%, Story Rich 13.5%, 2D 8.6%, Dark 8.1%
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.4%, Horror 32.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Dark 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Psychological Horror 32.9%, Anime 17.6%, Horror 9.1%, Story Rich 2%
Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a...
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.4%, Horror 23.5%, Anime 20.1%
