60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, Story Rich.
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Phantompunk
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.
Isle of Maligree
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
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: Gothic 17.1% ★, Demons 12%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Demons 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
"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: Gothic 19.9% ★, Demons 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Gothic 14.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Demons 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 9%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 20.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.6%, Demons 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 26.8% ★, Demons 16.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Mystery 7.1%
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: Gothic 27.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Gothic 13.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Embark on a enchanting visual novel where every choice shapes destiny. Guide the Princess of Lust through dream realms, exploring the delicate balance between love and desire. Immerse yourself in a mesmerizing fantasy adventure where your decisions truly matter.
Why similar: Gothic 20.1% ★, Psychedelic 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
Illustrated text-based RPG featuring a unique magic system. Develop skills, tend relations. Navigate complex social structures. Explore themes of identity and allegiance.
Why similar: Gothic 16.5% ★, Demons 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 24.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Aristocrat Evan Alford receives a mysterious invitation to the fair and comes to a small village on the outskirts of the country. The village seems strange and painfully familiar, but Evan has never been here. In addition, other guests of the fair are not as simple as it seems.
Why similar: Gothic 21.1% ★, Demons 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Dark 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Blunatic is a dystopian visual novel. Plot your revenge against the Establishment. Your choices will matter. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Demons 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Dystopian 11.3%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.
Why similar: Demons 19.5%, Gothic 18.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Psychedelic 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%
The Devil's Face is an impressive first-person horror game with a gripping storyline. You play as Jonathan, who embarks on a journey to the afterlife. There, he will face judgment for his actions and endure the hell he has created for himself.
Why similar: Demons 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
You've just died—and your trial for the ultimate sin begins. City of Dolorosa is an interactive fiction and first-person exploration game with handmade india ink graphics. Meet the Five Great Powers and uncover all the secrets that lie within Dolorosa, the cruelest city in Hell.
Why similar: Demons 20.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 29.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.
Why similar: Demons 21%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.8%, Dystopian 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 22.9% ★, Hand-drawn 13%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Dark 8.4%
The city is a labyrinth. You always knew it, you just didn't have time to try different paths. Now, you have no choice. Did your coworker put a curse on you? Find out in this bleak horror visual novel featuring point-and-click gameplay elements.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.1%, Gothic 12.3% ★, Demons 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
For centuries, an ancient family has ruled the lands of the morbid and decadent province of Rubro Rose, but with the sudden illness of the lord of Vorkrom Castle, everything falls upon the young princess of pale skin...
Why similar: Gothic 24% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Dystopian 8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Why similar: Gothic 27.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Mystery 7.6%
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Why similar: Demons 15.2%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Manage an inn for travelers seeking refuge before nightfall. Interact with diverse guests, each harboring their own secrets. Your choices can forge or fracture relationships, uncovering hidden truths along the way. But beware – the real threat may be hiding among your guests.
Why similar: Gothic 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Mystery 8.4%
A projective test disguised as a videogame.Confine yourself for 10 days, explore 12 different paths, make imperfect choices, and face over 100 endings.quarantine ME is not for those seeking entertainment — it’s for those willing to confront themselves.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%
Elylah, the princess of the dream world returns to her homeland with a new question: Why don't dreamers praise her anymore? She will embark on a quest for the truth beyond the ancient portals. An erotic visual novel based on wise choices with a battle system in a fantastic swashbuckler´s world.
Why similar: Gothic 20.5% ★, Psychedelic 11.5%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 20.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Wanna join our nightmarish dream?
Why similar: Psychedelic 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
Dive into the world based on the Lovecraft universe and its successors. In immersive visual novel discover the secret of the temple and learn the truth about your companions and your father’s past!
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Demons 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Dark 8.9%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
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: Demons 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
A first-person Gothic fiction set in interwar Cornwall, where players rewrite the story as they go. The patriarch of a once-respected house is dead, survived only by his late sister's children. Left to them are his worldly and unworldly belongings, and the fate of their family.
Why similar: Gothic 38.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dark 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
Why similar: Gothic 19% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Hand-drawn 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Dreamreaper is an action-adventure game in which you play as unwilling partners in the form of an immortal man and an alien entity parasitizing him. Break through the hordes of enemies using feral powers, unravel the mystery of your existence and escape the dying world of the Grey Skies.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Demons 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12%
The prologue arc to the "Garden of Roses" story. A visual novel set in a world where monster girls walk among us. Take the role of Will Getz, a young man with a score to settle after 15 long years of being away from home.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Demons 9.8%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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: Lore-Rich 14.6%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Gothic 13.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Demons 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Gothic 24.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Step into a visual novel of rotten flowers. Play as a young woman in a world where the ability to lie is condemned, and seek shelter in the mysterious castle across the lake. Survive, little dove, in the rot infested halls, and be careful of who you choose to love — what you choose to lie about...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.5%, Demons 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
