60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Dark, Psychological, 2D.
In the midst of a pandemic you are imprisoned and alone in a cell. You cannot escape this cell. All you can hear day in and day out is the ticking of the clock in your cell. You may still receive letters, but you cannot reply to them.
Oblivio: Lost In The World
After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?
LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Point & Click 15.1%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 10.2%
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Emotional 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.4%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Multiple Endings 11%, Psychological 10.9%
You inherit your father’s tavern in a small, isolated region.By day, life seems ordinaryBut when night falls, someone always knocks on your door.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 47.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Point & Click 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Dark 6.6%
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Psychological 17.7%, Emotional 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.1%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 34.2% ★, Text-Based 16.6%, Dystopian 12.4%, Emotional 11%, Psychological 11%
«Separator» is a short nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, inspired by modern occultism and beliefs surrounding mysticism.
Why similar: Psychological 18%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Text-Based 13%, Emotional 11.6%
As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Dystopian 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological 11.1%
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: Text-Based 23.8%, Psychological 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Emotional 8.8%
All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Dark 13.4%
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: Emotional 18.3%, Psychological 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 11.2%
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological 16.4%, Dark 11.2%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Text-Based 14.4%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Emotional 17.4%, Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Text-Based 10.8%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%
Listen up, bellhop! Only bring in healthy hotel guests up to the chopper. Avoid all sick or else...
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.3% ★, Visual Novel 23%, Psychological 12.6%, Point & Click 8.2%, Dark 7.1%
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 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
A story-driven survival visual novel inspired by SCP-610. Face a flesh-spreading outbreak, make brutal moral choices, protect the people you can’t let go of, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the disease.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 44.3% ★, Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Dark 14.6%, Adventure 3.6%
Finn was sad, so he killed himself. But he was greeted by Aoi a mysterious girl who granted him one wish before he gets reincarnated. Finn's wish, he wanted to see if anyone cared at all that he had committed suicide. Even though he knows no one ever cared about him.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychological 16.5%, Dark 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%
WORMWOOD is a narrative-driven strategy game where your goal is to govern an infected city. Become an Arbiter that has arrived to stop the spread of an unknown disease and delve deep into the mysteries of a small mining town. Give out orders and fight the pestilence while searching for its origin.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 45.2% ★, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Dark 13.9%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 18.4%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological 12.1%
The Evil Mouse is a short linear story psychological horror game about guilt and memory. You discover a strange program on your computer that pulls you into a haunted house. Inside waits Lucy, a girl asking for help, and the evil mouse, who will do anything to keep you out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Dark 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Emotional 10%
Accompany Nai in her normal Sunday routine of watching TV, eating ramen and ruminating on her past.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Emotional 13.6%
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Dystopian 15.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Emotional 14.3%, Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
A visual novel with elements of romance for both sexes, telling about children who escaped to the street from an orphanage. Will they be able to survive if they are needed by a secret organization as cannon fodder?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Dark 14.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Dark 14%, Emotional 13.4%
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Emotional 17.6%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Emotional 17%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Help a lazy low life get back up on his feet. Make him work, use persuasion, ignore his cries, and make choices for him. "Don't say you don't want to win at life."
Why similar: Dystopian 20.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Point & Click 16.5%, Dark 9.8%
Having lost the meaning of life, Shionagi meets Ayana, who suffers from a certain illness. “Kidnap me from this boring everyday life.” He wishes to die. A girl promised death. A bittersweet summer kidnapping drama where they confront each other's “lives.”
Why similar: Text-Based 30.9%, Emotional 27.7%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychological 12.6%
My Room Philosopher is a text-based game where a boy asks questions many people face during adolescence. Answer his questions and explore his thoughts while reflecting on your own values and life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Emotional 15.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Point & Click 13.8%
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: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Psychological 9.6%
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: Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Emotional 16.8%, Dark 14.7%, Text-Based 13.7%
You, With Me is set mainly in Singapore of an expat couple who had the perfect plan, a perfect getaway for the holidays. However, everything is turned into dust as news come out of the main character's illness. Truly, will pretending that everything is normal give you a sense of normalcy?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Emotional 24%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Dark 10%, Point & Click 6%
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: Text-Based 22.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Emotional 11.9%, Psychological 11.7%
You used to help the hollow maid take care of herself. This time, she's missing & the front-facing UI has disappeared, giving way to a whole new environment. Find your friend.
Why similar: Emotional 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Point & Click 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dark 10.6%
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: Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Emotional 12.3%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark 15.8%, Dystopian 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
A short emotional journey through memory, grief, and healing. Help Íris piece together her fragmented memories and uncover hidden truths. A portion of the sales is donated to AbleGamers Brazil. 🧡🖤
Why similar: Emotional 22.2%, Text-Based 20.1%, Psychological 18%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Point & Click 11.2%
"Freak House" is an exciting horror-themed puzzle. You will have to help the main character unravel the mystery of the terrifying House he has found himself in! Your skill in finding objects and will be the key to solving the secrets of the House! Only you can determine the fate of the hero!
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Dystopian 15.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Point & Click 11.7%
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Text-Based 12%, Multiple Endings 10%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Psychological 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%
Don't Forget Your Helmet is a quiet mystical romance about a lonely motorcyclist, a strange girl who knows too much about endings, and the small human choices that can change the shape of tomorrow.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological 17%, Dark 14.8%, Emotional 9.7%
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: Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Emotional 10%, Psychological 9.1%
A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Dark 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Realistic 9%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Psychological 19.8%, Emotional 19.3%, Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dark 12.2%
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: Text-Based 28.2%, Emotional 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
A short, sweet and charming puzzle game about a girl named Aurora, who is trapped in a dreamy room filled with everything she could possibly desire. Explore her wonderland to find a way out and discover the true nature of this fantastical room. All dreams, good or bad, must come to an end... right?
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
A short story visual novel-like game with a gently interactive narrative and some puzzling mysteries to unlock. Discover how your father got tarred and feathered. Get lost in the memory with ever-corrupting visuals and an immersive soundscape as you make your way to the emu farm.
Why similar: Emotional 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Point & Click 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 13.3%, Dark 10.3%
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 23.8%, Dystopian 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Point & Click 11.3%
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House, in this short narrative game that combines simple text adventure mechanics, point-and-click puzzles, and visual novel segments.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.3%, Point & Click 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Emotional 7.9%, Psychological 6.6%
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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Dark 17.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Psychological 11.2%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Psychological 12.8%
First-person survival horror. After the catastrophe, the sun went dark, and the city is full of infected. Your hotel is a refuge and the only safe place, but loneliness drives you mad. Explore ruins, scavenge supplies. The key to survival is infection symptoms. Trust no one. Survive at all costs.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 48.9% ★, Psychological 14%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 5%
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological 16.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Adventure 12%
