Games Like Project [XYZ]

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Experimental 19% ★, Emotional 11.2%, Psychological 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Surreal 8.4%

How will you cope with the loss of yourself? Each episode of You Died! will give you an opportunity to experience a stage of grief for yourself. Make choices, deal with the consequences, and interact with your environment to express the emotions of the main character.

Why similar: Episodic 33.4% ★, Choices Matter 12.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Psychological 8.8%

Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.

Why similar: Psychological 13.8%, Emotional 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Supernatural 9.9%, Surreal 9.9%

Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?

Why similar: Supernatural 13.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Narration 10.3%, Surreal 9%

"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 15%, Supernatural 15%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Psychological 10.2%

Join the ultimate expedition and enter Cormo's mind as he embarks on a gruelling mission to chart a mysterious island shrouded in mind-bending fog. Put your persuasion skills to the test and direct his fate with every word, but be prepared for unexpected consequences...

Why similar: Experimental 19.8% ★, Choices Matter 11.1%, Supernatural 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9%, Psychological 8.9%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Experimental 23.5% ★, Psychological 12.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Surreal 9.2%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 29.4% ★, Emotional 12.9%, Surreal 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological 9.2%

A psychological horror visual novel about healing and destiny. When her brother disappears, Elham's desperate search plunges her into a world of haunting visions, buried truths, and battles against dark forces. Will she find her true calling and embrace the light? or will she succumb to darkness

Why similar: Emotional 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Supernatural 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%

The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.1%, Episodic 13.3% ★, Emotional 11.5%, Supernatural 11.2%, Psychological 11.2%

Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna — a young girl who escapes into Lunaria, a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness and imagination.

Why similar: Emotional 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Surreal 10%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Psychological 16.7%, Emotional 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Narration 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Emotional 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.

Why similar: Choices Matter 13.5%, Supernatural 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Emotional 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%

A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Psychological 15.2%, Surreal 13.4%, Supernatural 10.6%, Stylized 9.5%

The first of seven chapters, which will tell an amazing story about the adventures of a girl and her friends. Colorful landscapes and warm sunny atmosphere. Also, they will find the real door! And take part in the contest! Can you imagine?

Why similar: Episodic 19.2% ★, Experimental 16.6% ★, Emotional 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%

AMIRA is a psychological horror game in which a grieving father tries to uncover what happened to his family. During his investigation, he stumbles upon horrific secrets from both the past and the present.

Why similar: Emotional 15%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Psychological 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.

Why similar: Psychological 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Supernatural 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Step into the shoes of Subject 35452 in a claustrophobic psychological horror experiment. Navigate a compact testing facility, identify anomalies, and survive the unpredictable environment.

Why similar: Choices Matter 14.6%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Supernatural 12.5%, Psychological 9.3%

Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.

Why similar: Experimental 25.5% ★, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Narration 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%

Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.

Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 9%

The art you choose is a confession. Enter a gallery that feels slightly off, where every painting you admire, and every prompt you answer, shapes the world around you. A short psychological experience where the system learns your patterns and delivers a final judgement.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.6%, Experimental 12.3% ★, Choices Matter 12.1%, Surreal 11.6%, Emotional 10.9%

A free short first-person horror game of dream puzzles - unsettling, surreal, with strange logic.

Why similar: Experimental 22.2% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Emotional 14.4%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological 10.2%

An action-adventure horror experience across eerie, ever-changing spaces. Solve puzzles, uncover clues, and rely on a mysterious phone to push beyond confinement.

Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Supernatural 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Narration 11.4%, Mystery 9.2%

A short narrative visual novel about procrastination, family, and the inner dialogue of a creative person. A story about how delaying decisions slowly erodes a life.

Why similar: Experimental 20.7% ★, Emotional 18.2%, Psychological 17.9%, Narration 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%

You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.

Why similar: Emotional 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 9.4%

You moved into the wrong street on the wrong night. A grief so heavy it bent reality. Your mother never made it to your door. And now neither can you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Psychological 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%, Surreal 10.1%, Mystery 8.9%

The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

Why similar: Experimental 23.6% ★, Choices Matter 15.8%, Story Rich 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Psychological 8.6%

Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.

Why similar: Emotional 16.5%, Experimental 15.1% ★, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Narration 10.9%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again.

Why similar: Experimental 26% ★, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological 12.6%, Story Rich 9.1%

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

Why similar: Experimental 27.1% ★, Psychological 12%, Surreal 11.1%, Narration 10.9%, Stylized 8.6%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Psychological 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.

Why similar: Psychological 13.7%, Emotional 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Surreal 10.2%

A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.

Why similar: Psychological 13%, Emotional 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%

“Escape Tales: The Awakening” is a haunting narrative puzzle game that plunges you into a world shrouded in darkness and mystery. Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of loss, redemption, and the echoes of a forgotten past based on the well-received escape room card game.

Why similar: Emotional 16.2%, Narration 15.6%, Supernatural 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%

Misgiven is an emotional sci-fi adventure about the lump in your throat. Stranded in a city veiled in toxic fog, take on a stranger's mask to survive. Wrestle with your thoughts in a tangible dialogue system. Struggle to keep up the facade, or dare to drop it, to find allies as a harbinger of doom.

Why similar: Experimental 27.3% ★, Psychological 14.9%, Emotional 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 7.2%

Meet high schooler Haruka and her classmates as they find themselves trapped in an eerie, abandoned hospital connected to an urban legend called “Ayame’s Mercy.” Try to escape, or face a multitude of gruesome ends that will leave you begging for mercy in this all new Corpse Party story.

Why similar: Emotional 15.5%, Supernatural 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Story Rich 8.7%

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

Why similar: Supernatural 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Surreal 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%

A short Japanese-style horror game in which you explore a ryokan where the proprietress is trapped and sever the forces that bind her.

Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Psychological 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Mystery 10.5%

The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.

Why similar: Supernatural 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%

Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.

Why similar: Emotional 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological 12.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

An emotional walking simulator / find it game that reveals a dark story following the strained relationship of two brothers.

Why similar: Experimental 20.4% ★, Psychological 16.2%, Emotional 13%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 8.9%

Welcome to Kosmos! In this drama visual novel, forging connections is key. There are some very special girls waiting to meet you, so go out there and make the most of this week!

Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%, Supernatural 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological 14%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 9.9%

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Why similar: Episodic 35.9% ★, Choices Matter 18.5%, Emotional 13%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6%

It often happens that lewd words are inadvertently made up in conversation, doesn't it? This game is probably the world's first adventure game where you will find such "inadvertent lewd words" to advance the game!

Why similar: Experimental 27.1% ★, Emotional 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Visual Novel 9.4%

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Emotional 13.9%, Narration 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.

Why similar: Experimental 28.1% ★, Emotional 23%, Psychological 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 9.8%

The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.

Why similar: Emotional 15.1%, Narration 12.8%, Supernatural 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.2%

Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.

Why similar: Emotional 16.9%, Psychological 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Stylized 11.2%

An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror

Why similar: Experimental 23.8% ★, Choices Matter 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9.8%, Stylized 9.1%

A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.

Why similar: Experimental 32% ★, Emotional 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Narration 10.3%

Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.

Why similar: Psychological 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Emotional 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Fear Of The Darkness is a narrative psychological horror game that will push you to face the serious phobias of some patients. Play as the enigmatic doctor, avoid being overwhelmed by the heavy emotional burden of your patients, come out of the Darkness and explore the various corners of the Truth.

Why similar: Emotional 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?

Why similar: Experimental 33.6% ★, Surreal 14.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Stylized 8.6%, Adventure 8.6%

I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?

Why similar: Choices Matter 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Experimental 13% ★, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 11.1%

Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

Why similar: Experimental 31.4% ★, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Surreal 10.9%, Psychological 7.8%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Experimental 25.1% ★, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 10.7%

On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.

Why similar: Experimental 16.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Narration 13%, Stylized 12.2%

An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.

Why similar: Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Supernatural 11.6%, Stylized 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%