
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 15.5%, Supernatural 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, 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 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Supernatural 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, 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 22.9%, Supernatural 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
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 15.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Time Management 11.8%, 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 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Horror 9.2%
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 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Deliver to haunted places, solve paranormal mysteries, and struggle through the daily grind in this horror life sim adventure.
Why similar: Time Management 20.2%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Supernatural 9.1%
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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Supernatural 14%, Mystery 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Supernatural 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
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 14.1%, Supernatural 14%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Return as Alice and embark on her adventure to find the truth...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 10.8%
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 22.1%, Resource Management 19.1%, Supernatural 15.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
Red Experience is a multi-ending 2D Adventure Death Game where choices dictate fate. Amnesiac 'Sooyeon Hong' must participate in a brutal game. Uncover the mystery behind the death game to find the truth. Only your decisions can save her and reveal the full reality. Choose wisely!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
"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 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Mystery 10.9%
Embark on a nocturnal road movie full of mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and an unexpected destination. Choose your answers carefully... and you might just find a happy ending.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Psychological Horror 20%, Mystery 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
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 21.7%, Supernatural 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 11.3%, 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%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%
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 15.8%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
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 20.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
They Cry is a story heavy 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 23.5%, Supernatural 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 9%, Mystery 8.4%
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%, Supernatural 14%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Survival 9.9%
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 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Supernatural 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 9.6%
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 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
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 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Supernatural 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
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 18.5%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Supernatural 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.5%
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
A sentient dating simulator wants you to date monsters - starting with your sleep paralysis demon. Learn their language, earn their trust, and open your heart to 10 strange creatures. Or ruin it all and watch it unravel.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Choices Matter 8%
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 32.7%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Survival 9%, Choices Matter 6.9%
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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Supernatural 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%
"GUROBU" is a story-driven, 2D horror game about haunted apartments, ghosts of the past, and a murder mystery.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.1%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
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 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
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 18.4%, Supernatural 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
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 18.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Horror 11.3%, Supernatural 9.1%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Mystery 10.8%
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 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Mystery 12%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
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 17.6%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9.9%
Bulk Up in this Narrative-Driven Prison Bodybuilding Sim. Grow your Muscles and Aura to face off against inmates and build alliances to survive inside.
Why similar: Time Management 22.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Resource Management 11.5%
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 21.5%, Supernatural 20.5%, Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 10.4%
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 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
"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 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Horror 13.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Supernatural 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
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 23.9%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Resource Management 18%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 9.3%
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 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Supernatural 19.2%, 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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
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 23.1%, Survival Horror 22%, Supernatural 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%
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 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 11.2%, 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 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Supernatural 14%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 10.2%
The hospital once wrote you into a case file. Now you must recover the life it erased.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 13%, Resource Management 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
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: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Horror 12.4%
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Supernatural 17.7%, Horror 9.4%, Mystery 8.5%
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Supernatural 16.2%, Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 11.8%, Adventure 11.7%
In this 2D horror game play a collection of three short stories all confined within a single package. SHOOT your way to survival, PLATFORM your way to victory, and EXPLORE a distant but familiar city! Just whatever you do, stay off circus grounds!!! (It's private property.)
Why similar: Resource Management 19.6%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Horror 11.1%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Horror 10.6%