Games Like Pumpkin Eater

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Psychological 20.6%, Horror 12.9%, Emotional 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same surreal, unsettling, and highly personal psychological horror found in the seed game.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.4%, Visual Novel 33%, Psychological 15.3%, Horror 6.3%, Female Protagonist 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal, anxiety-inducing narrative style of its predecessor with deep psychological themes.

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: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Dark 13.4%, Emotional 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the surreal, dreamlike, and atmospheric horror aesthetic that makes the seed game so memorable.

Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.

Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 7.3%, Female Protagonist 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, thriller-focused visual novel that matches the dark, violent tone of the seed game.

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: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Psychological 18.7%, Horror 10.8%, Emotional 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Explores body horror and psychological trauma through a similarly experimental visual novel lens.

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly claustrophobic and psychological horror experience within a focused visual novel framework.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.7%, Visual Novel 33.7%, Horror 21.4%, Casual 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, unsettling visual style and psychological depth that mirrors the disturbing nature of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Horror 12.2%, Emotional 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delves into dark fantasy and psychological trauma with a similar focus on multiple, grim endings.

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: Visual Novel 80.2%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Gore 4.6%, 2D 3.8%, Violent 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses the visual novel format to explore the inevitability of tragedy, much like the themes of grief in the seed game.

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: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Thriller 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Dark 14.8%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror experience that forces players to confront uncomfortable, morally complex choices.

She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Casual 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological horror visual novel that fits the specific niche of dark, indie-style storytelling.

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 28.1%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Dark 17.8%, Horror 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A chilling, atmospheric horror visual novel that excels at building a persistent sense of dread and unease.

Follow a girl through the last day of her life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Drama 21.7%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Casual 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A raw, emotional, and dark visual novel that explores heavy themes similar to those in the seed game.

一款单人心理恐怖视觉小说。玩家只需要持续点击体验文字和图画呈现的主线剧情。流程短但情节引人入胜。

Why similar: Drama 26.6%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Thriller 20.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A somber, psychological exploration of grief and loss that mirrors the seed game's core themes.

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Thriller 17.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Horror 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, dark, and visually distinct visual novel that leans into an unsettling aesthetic.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.1%, Horror 35.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a surreal, cosmic horror experience that feels as unsettling and experimental as the seed game.

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Psychological 23.1%, Dark 18.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends dark, emotional storytelling with the visual novel format to create a haunting experience.

Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

Why similar: Psychological 26.2%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 14%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, bizarre, and deeply disturbing experience that captures the same 'what did we just play' feeling as the seed game.

Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Thriller 18.8%, Drama 14.9%, Dark 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, puzzle-heavy horror game that uses a unique art style to convey its disturbing narrative.

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Psychological Horror 38.2%, Horror 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: A branching horror visual novel that masterfully balances character-driven drama with supernatural dread.

My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 16.9%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, management-focused visual novel that explores the lengths one will go to out of grief.

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 48.7%, Hand-drawn 25.5%, Horror 24.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A gripping supernatural mystery that utilizes a unique visual novel presentation to deliver its horror.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 53%, Horror 27.6%, Casual 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-psychological horror game that subverts player expectations in a way that feels both personal and unsettling.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological 16.2%, Dark 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature psychological horror game that explores themes of death and depression with a similar gravity.

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Psychological 21%, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant and dark exploration of childhood trauma that shares the emotional weight of the seed game.

Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Drama 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, FMV-infused horror experience that deals with grief and loss in a similarly intimate way.

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 11.7%, Dark 10.8%, Emotional 10.4%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Psychological Horror 31%, Psychological 18.2%, Horror 6.9%, Female Protagonist 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, psychological horror visual novel that focuses on atmosphere and internal monologue.

A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.

Why similar: Thriller 28%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 10.9%, Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A visceral, anime-style psychological horror visual novel that leans into the darker, more graphic side of the genre.

“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Drama 20.5%, Dark 12.6%, Psychological 9.8%, Emotional 8.4%

A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.2%, Casual 19.3%, Horror 14.5%, Gore 6.1%, 2D 4.8%

slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Dark 18.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Horror 5.8%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Horror 9.2%

The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Thriller 21.8%, Horror 17%, Psychological 13.7%, Dark 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, atmospheric horror visual novel that keeps the player trapped in a state of constant unease.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Dark 14.1%, Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 6.8%

This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Horror 30.7%, Casual 13.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%, 2D 3.6%

A slice-of-life visual novel about the hardships and joys of a trans girl transformed into a zombie.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Narration 14.1%, Emotional 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 9.8%, Emotional 9.3%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Casual 11.7%, Dark 9%

Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Psychological 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Dark 8.1%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.6%, Dark 25.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Casual 6.5%, 2D 5.2%

My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 16.1%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Casual 6.8%

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Dark 23.9%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Casual 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%

A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Visual Novel 27.9%, Dark 17%, Horror 14.5%, Casual 8.1%

A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

Why similar: Visual Novel 71.7%, Drama 15.1%, Emotional 6.8%, Female Protagonist 3.6%, Casual 2.4%

Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.

Why similar: Thriller 23%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 19%, Psychological 14.8%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

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

Why similar: Thriller 30.3%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Atmospheric 3.2%

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Psychological 22.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Emotional 8.1%

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Dark 21%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%

A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.6%, Dark 31.5%, Horror 24.7%, Linear 3.2%, 2D 1.9%

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Psychological 24.9%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Horror 6.5%

"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Thriller 23.3%, Horror 14.1%, Casual 10.5%, Linear 7%

A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Thriller 25.4%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, Emotional 12.1%

A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.

Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Dark 15.2%, Emotional 13.9%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

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 19%, Thriller 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Drama 12.6%, Horror 10.6%

A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Emotional 15.3%, Narration 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%

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

Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Dark 16.7%, Casual 8.5%

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.9%, Dark 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.9%, Horror 28.2%, Gore 6.6%, 2D 4.4%, Violent 4.3%