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Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%

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Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9%

Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 9.6%

A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%

It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%

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 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%, LGBTQ+ 9.3%

A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 8%, Text-Based 7.9%

Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%

Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 10.1%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%

Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Story Rich 10.2%

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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

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 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Psychological 7.6%

Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%

A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Text-Based 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%

A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?

Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9%

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: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%

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 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Text-Based 8.3%

“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 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 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Text-Based 11.7%

Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%

A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological 9.2%

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Hand-drawn 6.6%

A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%

“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%

A visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Mostly realistic, with a werewolf twist. Your choices determine the heroine's fate—caught between envy and longing, will she claim her place in the system, or burn it all down for a dream no one values?

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Assume the role of a praying mantis in a relationship dilemma. Torn between their mutual love and the instinct to have sex – which could lead to the male mantis’s death – the couple is on the verge of making a decision. Type anything you want in response to your partner during this life-changing conversation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%

A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Text-Based 9.5%

A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

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: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%

You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%

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 26.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7%

Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Emotional 5.9%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

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 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Text-Based 9.6%

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 21%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%