60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Multiple Endings, Adventure, Choices Matter.
It's June 2023 in Columbus, Ohio -- 10 years since Neal and Jack graduated, and 8 years since they last spoke. Follow two once-best friends' reluctant descent through classrooms and memories in Our Dirge, a game about growing up in a certain place & time, and making up for the time we lost.
I Live Under Your House (Renovation)
You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.
Contra Spem Spero
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.
You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Surreal 13%, Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
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: Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Story Rich 9.8%, Dark Humor 9.3%
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.8%, Surreal 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Funny 11.4%, Dark Humor 11.2%, Comedy 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A sci-fi choose your own adventure game!
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.8%, Surreal 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Funny 9.2%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Surreal 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, Funny 7.4%
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Dark Humor 19%, Surreal 17.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Horror 10%
Enter the doomed town of Pareildas. Watch as the flames turn bone and stone to ash. Like joined wicks, we'll all burn together.
Why similar: Surreal 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Deliver mail in a strange little town in the middle of nowhere. Meet a colorful cast of villagers as you try to figure out what happened to the previous postman.
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Comedy 14.9%, Funny 12.3%, Exploration 9.8%
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: Dark Humor 18.3%, Surreal 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Surreal 15.5%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Funny 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Story Rich 7.7%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Comedy 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Funny 9.6%
In this interactive adventure, you play as a teacher suffering from delirium tremens. A world will open before you where every choice you make matters. Explore different locations, engage in battles, make decisions that will correspond to your desires and moral principles.
Why similar: Surreal 17%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Funny 11.1%, Comedy 10.5%
Sir Bucket is a choose-your-own-adventure game set in a fantasy world with over 30 different endings. Explore the world and have your story told by a wisecracking narrator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Funny 7.7%
A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.
Why similar: Surreal 16.8%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Funny 8.6%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Funny 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Guide a squad of ten young adults through a kingdom on the brink of war! Navigate court politics, deadly rivalries, and magical chaos between Humans, Fae, and Werewolves... where every choice can make or break your future.
Why similar: Surreal 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Comedy 11.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.4%, Horror 14.7%, Funny 12.4%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Horror 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
Play, no game. Put on your headphones, listen and imagine what exists in the dark. Did Lovecraft expose the most insidious Outer in his last story? Plunge into the Dormitory of Horror for answers. Oh, not sure if it's a one-way path…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Horror 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Exploration 7.9%
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Comedy 10.1%, Exploration 8.8%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Step into a vanishing world. Make it whole again. Cyrurgia is a surreal first person narrative game centered around a tragedy, and what it takes to fix it, if that is even possible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Surreal 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Horror 9.3%
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 8.9%
Learn what a hostile workplace truly feels like on this ever-changing haunted train. Can you trust yourself to make the right decisions? Will you figure out the train's dark secrets on this journey or the next?
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.2%, Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 15.3%, Horror 10.2%, Funny 8.3%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Horror 10.2%
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Exploration 7%
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Education 10.5%, Horror 9.8%
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.6%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
After living in your new house for a few months, you discover the previous owners have left behind some items that were never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Horror 19.5%, Comedy 14%, Funny 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Surreal 17.9%, Horror 11.6%, Funny 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
England in London is a surrealist satirical dark comedy adventure game with an emphasis on atmosphere, characters and mini-games. Featuring weird looking art, hand drawn animation and an ambient score for when you truly want to be left alone.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.5%, Surreal 22%, Comedy 15.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 6.3%
Good morning! The story explores a distorted memory, blending reflection, twists, and roguelike chaos in a short game packed with hours of replayability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Surreal 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
A psychological visual novel–style game focused on atmosphere and narrative. What feels like choice slowly collapses.
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Story Rich 9.8%, Comedy 9.5%
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
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 20.3%, Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Dark Humor 10.2%
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Surreal 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.3%, Surreal 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Surreal 26.6%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Funny 9.2%, Exploration 8.6%
Trapped in an isolated room, you're guided by a mysterious voice and monitored by cameras. Solve intricate puzzles to break free, but be warned: the initial sarcasm hides a dramatic and unsettling truth. Follow the instructions... if you dare.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.4%, Walking Simulator 15%, Surreal 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Funny 9.6%
Management and life-simulation Game with elaborate Relationships, where players manage their character’s actions and activities as they explore topics about self-discovery, parent-children relationships, friendships, and growing up as a College Student.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 9.5%, Comedy 9%
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: Surreal 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Choose paths, click and destroy your mouse, survive and get disturbing endings! You control Daiane, a werecat radio host who must survive a deeply cursed cannibal family and Charkelene Chan, a massive, vengeful red maned wolf animatronic in this Horror Visual Novel!
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Funny 10.4%
Paramnesia is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, memory, and unsettling atmosphere rather than combat.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Horror 9.5%
"I'm Not a Robot" is an atmospheric horror with old-school 3D and dark humor, telling the story of quickly making $300 in a shady alley. Sounds safe, right? Grab an easy payday or uncover all the secrets of the dark cult that has taken over your small town.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.6%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Surreal 15.3%, Horror 14.1%, Exploration 7.9%
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Surreal 16.9%, Horror 14.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
A first-person, PSX-style horror game about living with a monster. Do as you're told... or don't. Just be ready for the consequences.
Why similar: Surreal 18.6%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
A short comedic horror adventure where you investigate the mystery of a piano that won’t stop growing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Horror 17.7%, Funny 15.5%, Exploration 15.2%, Comedy 11.4%
Those who skip Galgames are mere corporate drones; those who play are the true masters of wealth and power. That's just the way of the world! As an ordinary boy, wager your wildest fetishes and your dignity to reach the summit: Become the 'GALGAME GOD'!
Why similar: Dark Humor 26.1%, Surreal 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Next Station: A surreal Survival Horror/Walking Simulator. Trapped in mysterious, lonely rooms, you must solve puzzles, survive monsters, and avoid traps to find the exit. Experience a dark, immersive atmosphere with unique NPCs and creatures reflecting the void. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Horror 18.1%, Surreal 17.5%, Funny 10.9%, Exploration 9.1%
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Surreal 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Funny 10.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
Young Saif loved going for walks with his dad in the forests of Bangladesh. On one of these walks, however, they became separated and Saif was left alone. What he encountered that day would reveal secrets about his home that, sooner or later, would need to be confronted.
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Story Rich 12.7%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Surreal 17.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Comedy 10.3%
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Surreal 17.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 9%
TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 18.2%, Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%
The Dungeon Experience is a comedy first-person adventure about a low-level mudcrab chasing his dream of helping YOU experience the true bliss of Financial Freedom*
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Surreal 19.8%, Comedy 13.7%, Funny 12.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
