
A survival adventure mystery with turn-based combat and escape parameters that change with every new 1 to 2-hour run. A visual novel that can be played like a speedrun.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Horror.

A survival adventure mystery with turn-based combat and escape parameters that change with every new 1 to 2-hour run. A visual novel that can be played like a speedrun.

The Trials - Chapter One
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

Evil Spirits
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Supernatural 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Mystery 8.7%
Get ready for a psychological horror journey where uncovering certain truths might be scarier than staying in the dark.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Supernatural 21.2%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
Why similar: Time Management 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 7.9%
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Time Management 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
DARKROOM: Ray of Light is a sequel of DARKROOM. You managed to figure out where you are, and now you have to find out what to do next. Do you want to know the end of Timmy’s story?
Why similar: Supernatural 19%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 9.2%
Deliver to haunted places, solve paranormal mysteries, and struggle through the daily grind in this horror life sim adventure.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Supernatural 12.5%, Mystery 8.9%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Supernatural 13.8%, Mystery 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Supernatural 17%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
It is the newest village of tradition. In the year 2200, Oculus, an employee at a cybernetic body manufacturing company, hears a rumor that a colleague has gone missing while on the job.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 10.6%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Supernatural 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Three students record themselves in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone forever... A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
The world ended. You got a hotel job. Check guests in, serve their orders, and feed the hotel before it decides to feed itself. One wrong room, someone dies. A body horror hotel management game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Time Management 17.5%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Supernatural 9.1%
A time-sensitive strategy game where you must defend yourself from ominous entities. Defend yourself by using your camera flash, holding doors shut, and closing curtains. You must act quickly.
Why similar: Time Management 26.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Supernatural 12.7%, Resource Management 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Experience the work of a courier in a city of living rumors and legends. Pay off your debt by carrying out strange requests from mystical customers. Uncover the reason behind the appearance of a mysterious fog that smells of decay.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Supernatural 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%
Embark on a mysterious nocturnal road trip where every conversation matters. Make choices, explore different paths and uncover multiple stories and endings. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
A multi-ending 2D adventure where choices and repetition change the characters’ fates as you overcome varied minigames, expose contradictions in debates, and uncover the truth behind a deadly game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
During an investigation in the wilderness, you stumble across a cabin in the middle of the woods. Trapped inside, you must survive for five nights until the police can get to your location, all while avoiding the mysterious "Widow of the Woods." For years she was thought to be a myth. Until now...
Why similar: Time Management 22%, Resource Management 18.5%, Supernatural 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Supernatural 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Mystery 10%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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: Visual Novel 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
Tales from the Dark Manor is a narrative visual novel where you play as a struggling journalist given a limited time to interview supernatural beings inside a mysterious manor where the laws of logic no longer apply. Every choice uncovers a new secret.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Time Management 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Horror 9.6%
EXITRANCE is a single-player psychological horror game set in a constantly shifting loop. Explore a confined environment where each cycle subtly changes, altering objects, sounds, and events. Observe your surroundings, and solve environmental puzzles to break the loop and escape.
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 10.7%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Resource Management 16.5%, Supernatural 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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: Visual Novel 20.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
You are just another new hire. Work. Perform. Improve. Repeat. Survive 12 weeks. But the truth is— this company doesn’t value you. It devours who you are.
Why similar: Time Management 18.7%, Resource Management 15%, Supernatural 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
They Cry is a psychological horror following Luke seeking to find the source of a reoccurring dream taking over his life, only to find the former husk of his hometown.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Supernatural 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 9.1%, Mystery 8.4%
A young inmate is given a faded body pillow of a girl from an old romance VN. Then she starts speaking... and becomes the only person who still sees him as human. A short psychological horror VN about isolation, guilt, parasocial comfort, and the terror of choosing freedom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Psychological Horror 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14%, Adventure 8.5%
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Supernatural 14%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Thank you for applying for the job. What? You didn’t apply? Don’t worry! You’re hired. Congratulations! Your job is simple: film “anomalies” inside a typical Japanese office. Don’t worry—a friendly coworker will guide you.
Why similar: Time Management 24.9%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Drive a traditional jeepney through the dark Philippine streets, picking up commuters under the cover of night. But some passengers aren't human. Watch for doppelgangers, serial killers, and mythological monsters. Collect weird fares, manage your cabin, and try to survive the night shift.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.6%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Time Management 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Mystery 6%
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Supernatural 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Collect evidence by capturing photos of anomalies. Monitor security footage for areas inhabiting strange activity, objects, or entities. Meet your hourly evidence quota and fulfill requests or you'll be fired! Solve puzzles, find answers, and uncover the truth, all while trying to survive the night.
Why similar: Time Management 18.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Supernatural 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.6%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Supernatural 18.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
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: Supernatural 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Supernatural 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
A narrative adventure game where you take on a role of a fake exorcist on a demon-ridden ship in a long sea voyage. Remember; you can’t lie your way out of everything!
Why similar: Resource Management 31.7%, Visual Novel 31.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Survival 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%
Mayuhara City, Tokyo. The wounds of the mass suicide event of Mayuhara Academy from eight years ago have finally begun to heal. The rumors of the “Mayuhara Curse” are still whispered amongst the students.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Mystery 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Horror 11.3%, Supernatural 9%
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
DARKROOM is a mystic novel. You wake up in complete darkness and you don’t know where you are or how you got there. Yet, there is someone else in this dark room.
Why similar: Supernatural 20%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 10.8%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
In 'Year of the Ladybug: Season 1,' characters traverse a nightmarish realm filled with fear and despair, revealing sinister secrets while evading the relentless terrors that pursue them at every turn.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 9.8%
In Republican-era Shanghai, Lu Ping returns to the forgotten Luchang Apartment after receiving a letter from her orphanage headmistress. As lost memories resurface, she uncovers buried secrets, her past, and the eerie truth behind the bond between humans and yaoguai.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 10.2%
A theologically spicy visual novel about a trans man loving the artistic process a little too literally. Fight across a branching 250,000 word storyline, dozens of watercolor illustrations, and 9 endings. Can Lee win his freedom before his captor meta-stasizes deep into his personal narrative?
Why similar: Supernatural 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
An entity traps you in a room in an endless loop; you must play a hand-gesture game just for a chance to survive or escape—and whatever you do, don't make her angry
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Supernatural 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Supernatural 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11%
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.7%, Supernatural 20.5%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.6%
Three friends known as The Ghost Hunters are documenting abandoned locations. What begins as a normal episode suddenly turns into a nightmare inside The Holloway Mansion. Something terrifying happens, leaving Jack to survive alone in the mansion and face the horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20%, Supernatural 19.1%, Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.8%
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: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
STOP the mentally-ill patients from escaping F.U. Asylum . It is your first day of intern (maybe) and you don't want anything to go wrong (maybe).
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Supernatural 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 13.3%
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
When your father goes missing with little more than a letter to clue you in, it's up to you to find him. His last known whereabouts? Ashmere Manor. Will you succeed in solving the mystery at the heart of the house and find your father, or will you succumb to its phantom call?
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Supernatural 13.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 10.2%
Take care of a cursed chapel located in a forgotten corner of a small town. Maintain your daily routine, improvise with limited tools, and complete your tasks before nightfall in a surreal horror experience marked by maintenance and decay.
Why similar: Time Management 23.7%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Resource Management 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 9.4%