60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Multiple Endings, Text-Based.
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 17%, Gothic 10.5% ★, Demons 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 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 17.5%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Text-Based 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, 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 12.4%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, 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 13.2%, Gothic 12.7% ★, Demons 11.4%, Dark 8.7%, Text-Based 8.2%
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 15.4% ★, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13%, Surreal 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
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 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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: Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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: Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Surreal 11.2%
Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Gothic 10.1% ★
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 15.7% ★, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
"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 17.3% ★, Demons 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
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 14.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Demons 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 17.6% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%
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 16.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Dark 12%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
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 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Demons 9.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
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 11.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Gothic 9.5% ★
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 20.4%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Gothic 18.5% ★, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
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: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
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 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
DISCOVER, DIAGNOSE, EXORCISE. You are a plague doctor paranormal investigator living in a rotten, gothic city at the end of an apocalypse. Banish ghosts, cure plagues, treat with monsters... all in co-op and proximity chat!
Why similar: Gothic 17.6% ★, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Surreal 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 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Gothic 19.3% ★, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
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: Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Demons 8.7%
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Gothic 16.9% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Surreal 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!
Why similar: Gothic 19.3% ★, Lovecraftian 16.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
You are a nameless cultist. An otherworldly entity has awakened, seeking to unite all into a single mind. Roll dice to craft amalgams. Control the awakening or suppression of the creature within characters. Uncover the world's history and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 8.9%
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 17.5% ★, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Surreal 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
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 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Gothic 12.1% ★, Choices Matter 10.8%
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Demons 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Lovecraftian 12.3%, Mystery 9.9%
“Only Monsters Become Perfect Idols” — A choice-driven psychological mystery visual novel, Anti-Anti. In a world once devastated by slime monsters, you are forced into a suspicious audition. A locked-room mystery, ensemble drama, adventure, thriller, and romance!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12%
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 16.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
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: Text-Based 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%
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: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Surreal 13.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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 17.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Surreal 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Mystery 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 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Visual Novel 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: Lovecraftian 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Demons 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 13.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
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 24.2%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%
