60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
The Lanterne of Light
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.7%, Gothic 10.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Demons 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 17.1% ★, Demons 12%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 12.9%, Gothic 12.8% ★, Demons 11.1%, Dark 8.7%, Text-Based 8.4%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Gothic 15.5% ★, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Surreal 11.3%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Conversation 12.9%, Surreal 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Conversation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Gothic 10.1% ★
Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Gothic 17.4% ★, Demons 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Conversation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Conversation 11.2%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
You're an eldritch in love with your angel. A glutton in love. You may be a mass of vines and branches but you have a confession to make. Somehow, you must find a way. (A darker sequel to Seraphim Slum.)
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Demons 9%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Conversation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
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: Gothic 15.8% ★, Text-Based 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Lovecraftian 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8%
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Gothic 12.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Lovecraftian 16.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Dive into the world based on the Lovecraft universe and its successors. In immersive visual novel discover the secret of the temple and learn the truth about your companions and your father’s past!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Conversation 11.3%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Demons 9.2%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Conversation 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Narrative RPG inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or he won't. He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Text-Based 11%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 10%
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.7%, Conversation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Demons 8.4%
From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!
Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Nazralath: The Fallen World is a story-driven, dark fantasy game inspired by the works of Zdzisław Beksiński; focusing on a compelling narrative and exploration through a rich, strong sense of atmosphere.
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Conversation 13.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%
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 16.4%, Dark 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Why similar: Gothic 17% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Conversation 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
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 13.5%, Conversation 13.4%, Surreal 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.
Why similar: Surreal 15.1%, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 9%, Visual Novel 9%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.5%, Conversation 10.5%
A dreamy Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy hellscape that is Wonderland—hopefully with her sanity intact.
Why similar: Gothic 16.6% ★, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Surreal 10.9%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Gothic 14.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Conversation 11%
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Text-Based 10.1%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Conversation 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Conversation 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Lovecraftian 16.3%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Conversation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dark 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%
A story-rich, psychological-horror adventure game. Play as an urban witch with psychic abilities and delve into the mysteries of a world inspired by the work of Neil Gaiman and Stephen King.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Lovecraftian 12.9%, Conversation 11.9%, Surreal 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Why similar: Gothic 13.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.2%, Conversation 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%
To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Surreal 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Surreal 11.7%, Conversation 10.2%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Surreal 11.2%, Conversation 10.2%
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Conversation 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Text-Based 8.9%
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Gothic 10.8% ★, Demons 10.5%
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 20.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%
