- #1 The Sculptor
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #2 Stay Alive For Me
96% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #3 Per My Last Email
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Narrative 15.4% ★, Text-Based 13.2%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #4 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
95% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Narrative 10.8% ★, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #5 Vampire: The Masquerade - Oaths & Ashes
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Revive The Spark
Windows
Two vampires — an ambitious Kindred and a wretched Thinblood. Their fates clash in this Visual Novel set in the World of Darkness, where your arsenal extends beyond just words — from political machinations to forbidden Alchemy. Claw your way to power and leave your bitemarks on Berlin's underworld.
Why similar: Narrative 19.3% ★, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #6 Contra Spem Spero
94% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Horror 11.4%
- #7 ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #8 The Trials - Chapter Two
92% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #9 Thorner
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Dark 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #10 Metamorphosis
91% matchPositive78% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #11 Aroma
90% matchVery Positive85% of 464 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: Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #12 ESCAPE: Orphanage
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #13 The Butterfly Dreams
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Ave Q Production
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination. But be careful, the other testers might be there with a different plan in mind.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #14 waga-mom
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: atominoko
Windows · Mac
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Multiple Endings 17%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #15 Resequence: The Orchard
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CLEARRAVE
Windows
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 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #16 恐怖夜話 第二夜
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #17 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Horror 12%
- #18 There Is No Next Stop
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #19 Backspace Backspace Backspace
84% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 10.4%, Narrative 9.6% ★
- #20 An Outcry
84% matchVery Positive93% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Quinn K.
Windows
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 15.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #21 EULA ~2026 Human Creativity Report~
82% matchNo user reviews98% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: MoEater
Windows · Linux
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #22 Mycelium Protocol
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIMIRIALS
Windows
A nonlinear thriller where cyberpunk meets biopunk. A rebellion is brewing in the “perfect” city of Kudesh. Choose your side and decide who you are willing to trust with your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Narrative 16.2% ★, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #23 Call the Tune
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: St☆rletPub: Elephant Shrew Crew
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Narrative 21% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #24 Before They Catch Us
81% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #25 Condition Unknown
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Narrative 19.8% ★, Text-Based 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #26 Mado Marks
79% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 26.3%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #27 Witchlight Woods
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
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 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Horror 11.1%
- #28 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #29 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
77% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #30 Parasite in Love
78% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #31 For Mother Matron
78% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #32 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
Windows
As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Text-Based 16%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #33 BBirthday - Visual Novel
77% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #34 The Trials - Chapter One
75% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
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: Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #35 Tutor X Hypnosis
76% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Text-Based 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #36 Be Honest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Horror 10.8%
- #37 Worn Out
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
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 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #38 Room 337
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 19.7% ★, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #39 Do you have SALT?
73% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #40 Sister Other Paranoia
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 560 reviews2026
Dev: HazeDenkiPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #41 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.4%
- #42 Not It: Spookiest Edition
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #43 Make Her Real
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.3%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #44 슬픈 가족사 - 산장으로부터의 탈출
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #45 3Paths
70% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #46 Heart of mobius
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #47 Mass of Consumption
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Horror 15.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #48 You Stay
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A short psychological visual novel about a town you can’t leave. Observe. Wait. Repeat. The longer you stay, the more the town notices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #49 最上邸R
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: もこもこ
Windows
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 18.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #50 The Book of Regrets
72% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Synodic Arc
Windows · Mac
Escape a nightmarish realm filled with puzzles and deadly beasts!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #51 Obscured Stories: The Resentment
68% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: SilentSignalStudios
Windows
The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event.
Why similar: Narrative 27.8% ★, Text-Based 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #52 Scarlet Wolf
67% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Horror 12.4%
- #53 De Profundis
71% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: points contigus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #54 Bound Between Desks
66% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%
- #55 Sisters hypnosis sex
69% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
This is "heroines serving heroines" play, not SM & training type. In addition to the usual blow-job and titty-slapping, you can enjoy soap play and other forms of "obedience" play that can only be performed in a situation of absolute submission.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #56 KARA
66% matchNo user reviews100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: IKARUS
Windows · Mac · Linux
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Multiple Endings 16%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Dark 8.1%
- #57 Horrors of Helmsfirth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
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 24.5%, Choices Matter 19%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #58 The Fifth Name
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tiny Hammer Games
Windows
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Text-Based 21.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #59 Something Strange
68% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Text-Based 20.9%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 8.4%
- #60 Glitch
65% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Horror 12%