Games Like Pentimento

Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Dark 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 8.3%

Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.6%

On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Thriller 7.3%

A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.4%, Dark 9.4%

Every soul seeks absolution, yet not each deserves it. SALVARE is a psychological horror game where you step into the worn cassock of a young Catholic priest, burdened with hearing the confessions of those who come seeking God's mercy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 9.5%

A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Psychological 9.9%, Dark 8%

Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Psychological 12.4%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.9%

Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 12.8%, Dark 10%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.

Why similar: Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Thriller 11.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 10%

The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.

Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 9.6%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 10%

Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%

You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 9.5%, Dark 8.2%

A psychological horror about repetition, isolation, and the need to keep moving forward. Keep pushing. Don't stop. Break through.

Why similar: Psychological 13.6%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dark 10.7%

In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological 10.3%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%

At 3am, an app called tally installs itself on your phone and starts granting wishes. All of them. A psychological horror story told entirely through a phone screen. 5 nights, 3 routes, 18 endings, some you can only reach by losing on purpose. Every wish is granted. Every wish is owed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological 8.3%, Casual 8.3%

A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Mystery 9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Narrative 10% ★, Psychological 9.6%, Thriller 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Dark 11.4%, Casual 9%, Horror 8.5%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Psychological 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Dark 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.1%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%

Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.

Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.7%

Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 9.9%, Thriller 9.4%, Horror 8.9%

Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological 14.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.9%

A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Listen up, bellhop! Only bring in healthy hotel guests up to the chopper. Avoid all sick or else...

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Dark 6.6%

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Psychological 11.9%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.4%, Narrative 8.9% ★

HorseHair is a short psychological horror experience. Immerses yourself with point & click navigation, complete mysterious tasks, and uncover dark truths about your family.

Why similar: Horror 14%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Thriller 8.8%

Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 8.2%

Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.7%

A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 14.2%, Thriller 9.6%, Mystery 8.3%

Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dark 13.3%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Psychological 9.6%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Thriller 9.8%

Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological 12.4%, Thriller 12%, Dark 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%

Analyze anomalous objects as a prisoner serving a 900+ year sentence. Identify threats, make critical decisions, and survive increasingly disturbing encounters that challenge both logic and sanity.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Horror 10.4%

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 14%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11%, Psychological 8.7%

Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 7.2%

An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monari Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

A terrifying story that immerses you in a dark world full of horrific surprises that will leave the player frozen in fear.

Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%

Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Thriller 10.4%, Dark 9.1%

Wanted: a reliable technician who follows the rules, handles sensitive information with discretion, and does not ask questions. Fix the phones. Don't look too closely.

Why similar: Simulation 16.5%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 10.8%

A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Horror 6.9%

Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%, Horror 6.8%

"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 9%

A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%

You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Thriller 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Narrative 9.8% ★

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Narrative 9% ★, Dark 8.9%

Interrogate a friend accused of murder in Mota Must Die... a psychological visual novel where belief decides whether someone lives or dies

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%

Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Thriller 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Horror 8.3%

To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Psychological 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%

Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological 10.8%, Simulation 10.5%

A psychological horror interactive novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your footing. Your choices shape a branching story where your mental state governs what you see and which paths open to you. 4 intersecting routes, 12 possible endings, 15 to 20 hours of play.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Narrative 9.5% ★, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 7%

A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Mystery 9%

Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Dark 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%, Thriller 7.1%

Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 9.9%

A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?

Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Thriller 10.8%, Mystery 9.4%, Horror 9.3%

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 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%