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 16.8%, 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 17.3%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Text-Based 9.3%, 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 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10%, 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 13%, Gothic 12.8% ★, Demons 11.2%, Dark 8.7%, Text-Based 8.3%
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 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Surreal 11.2%
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 15.7%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%
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 13.5%, Surreal 12.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, 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: Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Gothic 10.2% ★
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 15.3%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Surreal 11.2%
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 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, 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 17.4% ★, Demons 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
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 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.1%
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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Demons 9%
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 14.2%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Dark 12%, Text-Based 11.8%, 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 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Text-Based 9.4%, Demons 9.2%
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%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
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 20.1%, Gothic 12.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 10%
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Lovecraftian 16.4%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
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 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%
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 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
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 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 17%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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 13.7%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Demons 8.5%
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
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 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Gothic 17% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!
Why similar: Gothic 19.3% ★, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, 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 17.6% ★, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
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%
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 18.6% ★, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9%, Visual Novel 8.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Demons 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
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 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 23.9%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%
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 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 10.3%
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%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Surreal 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological Horror 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 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 9%, Visual Novel 9%
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% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
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 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Surreal 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%
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 39.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
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 17.1%, Lovecraftian 17%, Text-Based 16.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%
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 11.6%, Surreal 10.9%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
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: Text-Based 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
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%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Text-Based 10%
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%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dark 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%
A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Surreal 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10.5%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Gothic 13.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.2%
"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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, 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 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
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%, Lovecraftian 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Surreal 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
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: Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark 10.5%
A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.
Why similar: Demons 18%, Gothic 16.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
