Games Like Pentimento

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: Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Thriller 9.9%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 9.4%

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%, Dark 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychological 8.4%

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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological 15.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.6%

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 19.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, 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 13.7%, 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 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, 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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 9.6%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Horror 9.9%

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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7.6%

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 14.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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 14.2%, Psychological 12.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

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%, Simulation 13.9%, Dark 11.4%, Casual 9%, Horror 8.4%

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 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Simulation 9.4%

A choice-driven bartender sim. Serve drinks. Get to know troubled guests. Shape their stories through branching dialogue and pub games. Not for children or the easily disturbed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Dark 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

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 15.7%, Psychological 14.2%, Thriller 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.9%

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 21.8%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Dark 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11%

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 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%

A hitchhiking journey through empty roads where every car could be your salvation… or your end. Walk through desolate places and encounter bizarre strangers along the way. Talk, decide, and survive unpredictable encounters as rumors of a roadside killer spread. While travelling towards the unknown.

Why similar: Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Psychological 10.5%, Thriller 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%

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 19.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 10%, Thriller 9.5%, Horror 8.8%

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 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological 16.5%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 10.7%

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 12%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 9.4%, Narrative 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 16.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

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 19.2%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Horror 8.1%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Dark 6.6%

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 9.7%

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 14.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Thriller 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%

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 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.7%

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%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, 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 12.5%, Thriller 12%, Dark 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%

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 24%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Psychological 10.1%, Horror 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 13.2%, Thriller 12.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Horror 10.3%

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 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Thriller 10.4%, Dark 9.1%

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 13.8%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 8.7%

An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar 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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

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 18.2%, Psychological 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 9.2%

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 13%, Visual Novel 10%, Narrative 9% ★, Dark 8.9%

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 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Thriller 6.9%

"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 14.1%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 9%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%

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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%, Horror 6.8%

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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.4%

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 16.9%, Dark 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Psychological 10.8%

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 14.7%, Thriller 10.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Horror 9.3%

Interactive psychological horror novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your grip on reality. Your choices shape a branching narrative where your mental state influences what you see and the paths that open before you. 5 routes, 8 endings, 15 to 20 hours of reading.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Narrative 9.6% ★, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 7%

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 26.9%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Thriller 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Horror 8.3%

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 26.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Dark 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%, Thriller 7.2%

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%, Psychological 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 9.9%

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 17.2%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Dark 7.7%

In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9%, Psychological 7.6%

Evil is Near is a game about a young bartender who gets a job at a mysterious bar, where he is visited by the ghost of a former employee. The ghost reveals the secrets of the establishment and warns him to be careful. You will have to mix cocktails, to survive and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 11.1%, Simulation 10.8%

Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Thriller 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Mystery 10.4%

In this GeoGuessr-like game, work at Mili Co. using GeoFinder to track missing persons. Stay safe inside the office, cooperate with coworkers, and survive in a world where only the workplace offers security.

Why similar: Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Psychological 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological 15.4%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%

Wake up in a dark basement as a victim with no memory of your past. Can you uncover your true identity and solve the mystery of your past by collecting the cryptic notes left by your captor? Face the brutal truths and find a way to escape this nightmare alive.

Why similar: Thriller 16.4%, Psychological 15.6%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Dark 11.2%

John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.1%

How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Thriller 11.2%, Dark 11%, Mystery 9.5%

It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 9.4%