60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, 2D, Story Rich, Singleplayer.
On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion. In the hazy and dim light, the man told the odd and bizarre stories. Under the overcast rainy sky, the moon setting horizontally, you will be brought into a perplexing, weird, and supernatural world
Ghost in the pool
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Comic Book 17.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 10%
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Supernatural 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Supernatural 30.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Cartoon 12.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Casual 10.3%
A melancholic journey through the cemetery... and far beyond its gates.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Cartoon 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Cartoony 10.5%
3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Comic Book 14%, Cartoon 12.3%, Anime 9.7%
"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Anime 23%, Gothic 18.2% ★, Adventure 12%, 2D 10%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Romance 12.5%, 2D 6.6%, Adventure 5.2%
This is a side-scrolling exploration and puzzle game with the background of the horror story of Cthulhu. You can move the character through A and D, talk to the character in the scene, press the F key to interact with the props in the scene, and complete the puzzle by collecting clues.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Puzzle 20.2%, 2D 15%, Adventure 7.2%
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Anime 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Romance 14.4%, Casual 7.3%
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27%, Puzzle 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 9.1%
A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Anime 17.9%, 2D 7.7%, Casual 6.1%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Text-Based 27.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Casual 9.6%, 2D 8.8%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Supernatural 24.2%, 2D 8.1%, Adventure 7%
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Cartoon 31.6%, Cartoony 22.3%, Romance 15%, Retro 12.1%, Adventure 10.1%
This is a tragedy cause by illegal plant collecting. The main character, Leng Xiaobing, was a normal shop keeper form a grocery store, but ever things changed after she met a strange man…
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Anime 18.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Retro 8.5%
"DINNERDINNNER" is a horror adventure game set in the modern era. You become a diner staff member and encounter strange events – customers with bizarre stories, engaging in trivial conversations, and discussing incomprehensible matters.
Why similar: Anime 25%, Modern 19.9%, Retro 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Casual 13.6%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 22.3%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Romance 11.5%
In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Casual 12.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Anime 10.1%
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: Cartoon 28%, Cartoony 19.5%, Anime 19.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 9.2%
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Anime 22%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Adventure 9.1%, 2D 9%
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Puzzle 32.2%, Adventure 19.4%, 2D 10.5%, Casual 2.3%
A lost soul wanders through a whimsical, eerie pop-up book like amusement park. Dive into fun-filled stages, encounter unique characters, fend off spirit erosion, and uncover the park's hidden secrets. The enchanting yet dark Illusion Carnival begins now.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Puzzle 18.2%, Anime 18.1%, Adventure 6.8%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Supernatural 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Puzzle 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, 2D 8.7%
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Anime 23.1%, Casual 9.8%, Adventure 6.8%
Set in 1972 (Showa 47), this story follows a high school student on his yearly summer visit to his grandparents’ rural home. Spending quiet, nostalgic days with his sister and the villagers, he begins to believe this peaceful summer might last… until an encounter in the mountains changes everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Supernatural 14.6%, Anime 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Romance 11.4%
In a mansion surrounded by mist, as the curse made by the Alchemist and Fairy reappears, the danger is quietly lurking in the darkness, awaiting its visitors.Follow Harrod and Willie to unravel an incredible story in Mercury Abbey, and go on an adventure that you would only find in mystery novels.
Why similar: Cartoon 27.3%, Puzzle 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 10%, 2D 8.1%
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Supernatural 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Anime 12.1%
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35%, Visual Novel 32.3%, Adventure 24.1%, 2D 8.6%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.9%, Puzzle 19.4%, Casual 14.5%, Adventure 11.4%, 2D 10.8%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Anime 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Adventure 8.8%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Gothic 47.4% ★, Supernatural 26.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Adventure 7.3%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Supernatural 14.1%, Anime 7.6%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 15.4%, Romance 13.4%
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 29.7%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Anime 17.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Adventure 9.2%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Anime 26.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Casual 6.5%
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Lore-Rich 11.3%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46%, Anime 20.8%, Casual 12.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Anime 9.4%
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 18.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Romance 9.9%
This is a cyberpunk-themed pixelated psychological horror, romance, and adventure game. Amidst a chance encounter in the rain and a forced gathering, an unexpected journey unfolds—a humorous romance and adventure story between you, a robot, and your furry companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Casual 10.4%, 2D 7.9%
Pavilion, a fourth-person puzzling adventure. Indirect guide the unknown main character through the puzzling narrative and levels by manipulation of the surrounding environment, lights and sounds.
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Romance 17.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, 2D 8.2%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Supernatural 20.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
A Conversation With Mister Rabbit is a very short, linear visual novel with a dark and bloody twist. The story follows an aspiring knight who seeks wisdom from a big and fluffy rabbit.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Anime 32.8%, Casual 13.4%, 2D 9.9%, Psychological Horror 6.3%
一个再平常不过的早晨，阿伟在幻境中接到莫名其妙的任务。利用奇怪的手电和钥匙，深入内部，发现隐藏在筒楼中的黑暗，找回自己失去的一切。
Why similar: Supernatural 35.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Puzzle 18.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Casual 7.6%
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Text-Based 20%, Romance 14.7%, Anime 12.9%, Modern 7.9%
This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.4%, Puzzle 25.7%, 2D 15.8%, Adventure 7.4%, Casual 5.6%
"Night Nite" is a horror comedy adventure game set in modern times. One day, mysterious events begin to unfold around you. What could be the true identity behind these occurrences?
Why similar: Modern 42.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Casual 15.9%, Anime 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40%, Visual Novel 39.3%, Casual 8.1%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 6.2%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Anime 13.2%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Anime 22.8%, Retro 12.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
A short, interactive visual novel about waking up in a strange room with a mysterious man. But why are you here? Let Him be your Guide to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Romance 10.8%
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.7%, Lore-Rich 33%, Text-Based 6.4%, Adventure 4.6%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.
Why similar: Gothic 56.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Casual 13.9%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Supernatural 21.5%, Text-Based 19%, Anime 17.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Adventure 8.4%
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 58.7%, Casual 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, 2D 5.2%
Dive into a world of mystery and wonder in Shattered Dimension. As an unexpected investigator, you're plunged into a labyrinthine plot filled with enigmatic puzzles and intriguing characters.Uncover hidden truths by engaging in conversations and following the intricate web of relationships.
Why similar: Casual 33.1%, Adventure 30.2%, Puzzle 27.5%, 2D 9.2%
