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Games Like Project Vostok: Episode 1

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Story Rich.

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"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 117 reviews
Released: 2022-07-19
Developer: Natrix
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Barbieronpa
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11%

  2. #2 Tiny Bunny: Prologue
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,244 reviews2020
    Dev: Saikono
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.5%, Indie 6.7%

  3. #3 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Horror 15.5%, Gore 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

  4. #4 Tiny Bunny
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
    Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 10.8%, Gore 9%

  5. #5 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
    95% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
    Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Anime 25.3%, Horror 13.4%, Sexual Content 11.4%, Psychological Horror 5.4%

  6. #6 Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: Fantastico Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.6%, Gore 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

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    93% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2024
    Dev: Simon Herbig
    Windows · Mac

    Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Anime 15.5%, Emotional 12.9%, Story Rich 8.4%

  8. #8 氷点下30度の絶望
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 285 reviews2025
    Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
    Windows

    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 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Drama 10.1%

  9. #9 Aroma
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
    Dev: Oyashiro.dev
    Windows · Mac

    This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

  10. #10 Saihate Station
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Horror 12.9%, Anime 9.1%, Dark 8.2%

  11. #11 Siberian Way
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: RootGame
    Windows

    Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%

  12. #12 Train of Afterlife
    92% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
    Dev: Zeiva Inc
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 16.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Dark 6.7%

  13. #13 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,656 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    Why similar: Dark 17%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.8%, Emotional 14%, Drama 12.9%

  14. #14 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
    87% matchVery Positive85% of 221 reviews2024
    Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 14.6%, Gore 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 13.1%

  15. #15 Sixtieth Kilometer
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
    Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...

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  16. #16 Folie Fatale
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
    Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Anime 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%

  17. #17 Королевская ночь
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2023
    Dev: SNch
    Windows

    "Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..

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    Dev: ナツミカン
    Windows

    A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game

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  19. #19 Interactive Horror Stories
    86% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
    Dev: Aslan Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Sexual Content 15%

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    81% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
    Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%

  21. #21 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2018
    Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
    Windows

    Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.

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    Windows

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  23. #23 Experimentation
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.

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    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Anime 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

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    83% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
    Dev: BADA Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: ScoreboardGames
    Windows · Mac

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  27. #27 Nightmare Zapping
    79% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

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    Windows

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  29. #29 Quantum Suicide
    80% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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  33. #33 Banebush
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    76% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac
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  35. #35 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    74% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
    Windows

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  36. #36 Suhoshin
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 166 reviews2022
    Dev: No More 500
    Windows

    Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Anime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

  37. #37 Perseverance: Part 1
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2018
    Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    73% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
    Dev: Indra Studio
    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,583 reviews2015
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%

    Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.3%, Anime 13.1%, Dark 10.1%

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    72% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    71% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
    Dev: Lyn Mametchi
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
    Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
    Windows

    Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Anime 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 9.3%

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    72% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac

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    73% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
    Dev: Sean Arnold
    Windows

    It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

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    69% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2025
    Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    70% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac

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  49. #49 Kill or Love
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
    Dev: Andy Church
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Anime 18.7%, Horror 9.6%, Sexual Content 9%

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    71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
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    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    67% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
    Dev: leavesPub: socah
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    66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
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    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

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    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

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    69% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
    Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!

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    Windows

    DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

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    66% matchVery Positive85% of 171 reviews2025
    Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
    Windows

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    Windows · Linux

    "Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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    67% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Drama 14.4%, Anime 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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