- #1 灰烬溪AshCreek
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 34.8%, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 7.6%, Text-Based 4.6%
- #2 Typing Ritual
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Fridiculous
Windows · Mac
Typing Ritual is a first-person psychological horror game where players perform a summoning ritual by typing ancient texts. As the ritual progresses, the environment changes, and tension builds. Mistakes have consequences, and time is limited.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.4%, Word Game 19.8%, Noir 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #3 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 15%, Story Rich 6.9%, RPG 6.3%
- #4 Anchorhead
95% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 17%, Story Rich 6.2%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #5 Legacy Code: Relic Restorer
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZENG ZIZHAO
Windows · Mac
Fix the relics. Hear the dead. In a cyberpunk wasteland, you scavenge ruins and restore shattered artifacts — then the trapped memories inside begin to speak. A narrative RPG blending MUD exploration, Roguelike dungeons, and hardcore relic restoration. Based on an original 150,000-word sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Dungeon Crawler 17.1%, Noir 15.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%
- #6 Invisible Room
93% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Invisible Rabbit
Windows
Invisible Room is an audio-based puzzle game where players rely on sound and clues to uncover hidden truths. Without visuals, the game challenges your auditory perception and logical reasoning, using both audio cues and physical props to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Noir 14.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Text-Based 9%
- #7 我感染HIV了吗
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 硬石工作室
Windows
A word game, does not support the handle, the operation is the mouse and keyboard space. It can be said that it is very simple. The theme of obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis is a large text dialogue, which is more depressing. Please be careful if you don't like it.
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Noir 14%, Text-Based 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
- #8 Darkest Dungeon®
92% matchVery Positive92% of 160,336 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Turn-Based Combat 21.6%, Dungeon Crawler 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, RPG 5.5%
- #9 黑石
91% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 非稳态物质-Unstable Matter
Windows
The game will center around two investigators who uncover a profound terror while delving into consecutive disappearances. A man with a dual-layered memory, a fragmented reality, an endless rainy night... What in the world is the Black Stone? Could it possibly mark the genesis of everything?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.6%, Noir 25.6%, Text-Based 9.4%, Puzzle 8%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #10 The Pigment
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Noir 17.4%, Text-Based 10.2%, RPG 7.6%
- #11 Stones of Flesh
90% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows
You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, RPG 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%, Stylized 6.5%
- #12 《道格拉斯警督的日记》
89% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 日食网络 solar eclipse studioPub: 日食网络
Windows
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
Why similar: Word Game 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Noir 13.7%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #13 EDGE CITY
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: ArianPub: Stellar Game
Windows
A fractured island in the North Atlantic. Six years ago, an invasion war and a gang-led coup destroyed its government, and now the island is carved up by four factions.
Why similar: Word Game 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Noir 14.9%, RPG 10.6%, Puzzle 7%
- #14 灵墟
87% matchVery Positive86% of 985 reviews2023
Dev: HappyTall Game
Windows
这是一款以仙侠为背景的开放世界单机游戏。在这个玄幻的仙侠世界里,有种类繁多的江湖任务,庞大复杂的世界结构,各具特色的英魂记忆,丰富多样的动态装备,耐人寻味的奇人奇事,实时变幻的日夜天气。在这里,你可以利用任何方式进行提升,成为什么样的人,做什么样的事,通通由你自己决定!
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Story Rich 8.6%, RPG 7.3%
- #15 自西徂东
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: 为了共和开发团队Pub: 为了共和发行团队
Windows
A text novel game based on the historical facts of the 19th century Just click the mouse Rich story and extended collection system
Why similar: Word Game 36%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, RPG 13.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #16 A Curse From Beyond
86% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: Cave Ghost Games
Windows · Mac
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Lovecraftian 25.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, RPG 7.3%
- #17 Miskatonic
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scary Dinner Games
Windows
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Stylized 5%
- #18 Omen Exitio: Plague
85% matchVery Positive85% of 631 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Story Rich 7.6%, Text-Based 5%, Adventure 3.4%
- #19 海伦的神迹
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Word Game 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 13.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Adventure 8%
- #20 Escape the Unknown: Awaken the Realm
84% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Dungeon Crawler 20%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Text-Based 13%, Stylized 8.3%
- #21 Skiv
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SvnDev
Windows
Skiv is a dungeon crawler RPG set in dark fantasy world. With systems blending turn based combat and soulslike elements.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.7%, Dark Fantasy 28.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, RPG 9.1%
- #22 Destiny Isle
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.5%, Word Game 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Story Rich 6.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #23 PSYCHO CASKET
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ClockworkLink
Windows
KILL YOUR FRIENDS /// SAVE THE WORLD PSYCHO CASKET is an interactive RPG about a vampire and her impossible decision. It's been waiting for you. Yes, YOU.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #24 Cthulhu Round Table 克苏鲁圆桌
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiangsu Guangyu Software Studio
Windows
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #25 This Book Is A Dungeon
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 296 reviews2015
Dev: Nathan MeunierPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, Lovecraftian 22.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Adventure 5.8%
- #26 Project 2025 Text Based Story Board
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BCinGZ
Windows
Project 2025 Text Based Story Board is an AI-powered interactive story creation platform that enables users to craft unique narratives using their own AI service APIs. This tool does not include any built-in API keys - users must provide their own valid AI service credentials.
Why similar: Word Game 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, RPG 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #27 Ru Lin Wai Shi Fan Jin
79% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: 小矩工作室
Windows · Mac
Fan Jin, who has failed in the exam for decades, has only one way to change his life - to pass the exam and become a successful candidate.
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, RPG 6.9%
- #28 Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim 10th Anniversary Edition
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
The works of H.P. Lovecraft meet the medium of RPG again in this rebuilt and expanded 10th Anniversary Edition. Recruit monsters, win arguments, invade towns, enslave humanity, and go on one date side quest in a game that remains not a dating simulator.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Word Game 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Story Rich 7%
- #29 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 20.1%, RPG 11.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #30 Unfree Freesia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spiral Stair Studio
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 11.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, RPG 5.9%
- #31 Book of Coin
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Dark Fantasy 28.3%, Text-Based 24.9%, RPG 6.5%, Adventure 5.1%
- #32 诡雅异俗
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: iGame
Windows
NodeGame,原版游戏名为:脱出ゲーム | Nodes,由岩崎、はとむね开发,并在日本举办的GAMEJAM上首次亮相。 诡雅异俗,出自。原意为:与雅正相悖与长俗相违,也指异端邪说。 之所以选定这个名字,是因为我感觉他更有神秘感,也代表了很强的创作能力!!
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Noir 15.5%, Text-Based 15.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #33 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Stylized 7.9%, RPG 7.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #34 Knell of St. Godhrkar
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,565 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Word Game 33.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Noir 12.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #35 Avian Enigma
75% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Aako Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avian Enigma is a sci-fi visual novel game featuring in a world where birds have become extinct. The story begins with a young man working in a factory accidentally saves a bird. Soon, a girl who has a mysterious relationship with birds appears in front of him. A romance with a tiny twist begins.
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Lovecraftian 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, RPG 5.7%
- #36 The Seafloor
73% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: zhishouge
Windows
"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.
Why similar: Word Game 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 8.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.3%, Stylized 6.5%
- #37 PataNoir
77% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Noir 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #38 LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PonpipaipidupiPub: Rotating Gear Studio
Windows
This is a story about a young woman who thinks and chases her dreams bravely under the pressure of reality and family. In order to prove that she has the ability to support herself with music as a career, Lu must show her strength by winning the annual award of the streaming platform.
Why similar: Word Game 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 6.7%
- #39 Investigation Stories : windsound
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: 冒险制作组Pub: Adventure Group
Windows
The Truth behind the town's Resurgence of serial Murders--?
Why similar: Word Game 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, RPG 12.6%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #40 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
- #41 Angor
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Puca Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immersed yourself in an interactive story with multiples choices, in the style of "choose your own Adventure book" (CYOA).Will you be able to survive ?Probably not!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #42 Zhijiang Town
73% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: 枝江小镇制作委员会
Windows
你是然比,在架空的小镇上肆无忌惮地和妹子们玩耍(绝对清纯)
Why similar: Word Game 42.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, RPG 14.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, 2D 3.3%
- #43 乌合之罪
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
《乌合之罪》是一款集霸凌复仇X悬疑惊悚x真相还原的沉浸式AVG,你(玩家)所饰演的主人公将在与外界彻底断连隔绝的诡异岛屿上历经一场极端恶意的厮杀游戏,请寻找线索,推进剧情,抵达十四年前那件校园事件的真相……
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Noir 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 11%, Stylized 8.1%
- #44 定风波·宁州
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 39.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 13%, RPG 9.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #45 迷子公路
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, RPG 13.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #46 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
70% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
There is a monster living in your apartment.
Why similar: Word Game 30.9%, Noir 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Stylized 7.5%
- #47 A Long Dark Night
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris MonteferrantePub: Scarlet Tanager Games
Windows · Mac
A Long Dark Night is a Lovecraftian narrative-driven game. Navigate the stormy Gulf of Maine, unraveling the truth behind your family's past. Explore a beautiful seaside, shape the narrative with your choices, and confront shocking revelations in this gripping story, taking place at sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #48 A Place for the Unwilling
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 7%
- #49 珍珠梦Pearl Dream
70% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: IndieCain
Windows
Cthulhu style AVG. Main gameplay is exploration and selection.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, RPG 12.4%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #50 Chronicles of Taldun: The Longing
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows
A kinetic novel about two magi learning how to live with the burden they each carry. Explore Taldun— a world of dark magick and primordial beings with unfathomable power. Follow a mysterious phenomenon as it turns the world upside down in a way not even magi would be prepared for.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #51 Tap Dungeon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiao5 Studios
Windows
Pixel-art isekai roguelike dungeon crawler! 5 classes, mix skills & items freely in turn-based combat across deadly random dungeons. Fight goblins, orcs, undead; collect artifacts, beat hidden bosses. Death = rebirth, endless builds await. Become the hero saving the kingdom!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.5%, Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 21%, RPG 9.1%, Stylized 4.9%
- #52 某一年四季
67% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: 灵虚之幽Pub: WindField Games
Windows
This is a short visual novel that blends atmospheric audio with radio drama.After this snowy night, through the seasons to come, she will sit by his bedside, telling him of her hopes and the stories that belong to them.
Why similar: Word Game 44.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #53 Words of Power
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panicked Parrot Games
Windows
A word-guessing roguelike where you cast spells by solving five-letter word puzzles. Battle your way through terrifying enemies, and obtain powerful runes and items to aid you in your journey.
Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Lovecraftian 16%, Stylized 4.5%
- #54 Cursed Realm
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CapPlay
Windows · Mac
In Cursed Realm, you play as an adventurer in search of mystical rune stones to lift a realm's curse. Your main task involves traveling, gathering clues, and winning the trust of NPCs. A journey full of challenges and uncertainties awaits. Are you ready?
Why similar: Word Game 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #55 Brain Region
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VISIONT
Windows
A dramatic point-and-click game with multiple endings -- all you're doing is helping the main character solve a survival problem.
Why similar: Word Game 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, RPG 7.9%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #56 23:61
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 40.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #57 The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西瓜恐龙Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife" is a sci-fi visual novel with a multi-threaded ensemble narrative. You are already dead— and yet, your journey has only just begun. Become a ghost. Step into a strange and dazzling world beyond life, and witness a tale where love and death entwine.
Why similar: Word Game 40.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, RPG 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #58 Remnants Of Isolation
69% matchVery Positive81% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 13%, RPG 8.2%
- #59 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
65% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.6%, Dungeon Crawler 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, RPG 6.1%
- #60 鱼缸
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 莓叁
Windows
"Fish Tank" is a school-themed visual novel game that explores the inner world of teenagers and supernatural powers. Players will make choices in the game to reach different endings for the protagonist Xie Lihe.Use your imagination wisely and remember to manage your oxygen.
Why similar: Word Game 43.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Text-Based 18.1%, RPG 4.8%, 2D 3.1%