- #1 Not It: Spookiest Edition
97% 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: Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #2 Choose Your Own Alternative
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.3%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #3 BBirthday - Visual Novel
96% 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 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #4 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
95% 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: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 10.9%
- #5 Flesh Blossom
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Pearl Games
Windows
Experience the horror of this narrative-driven medical RPG. As Doctor Parsnip Green, you’ll point-and-click your way through difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #6 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.8%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #7 OTHERS
93% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #8 Tower of the Ice Lich
92% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #9 Flora Parasocial
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #10 Glitch
91% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Point & Click 12.3%
- #11 XVTM
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #12 For Mother Matron
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #13 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Text-Based 10%
- #14 Blue Bird's Song
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #15 The Coldest Winter
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Vibe XP
Windows · Mac
Guide Jovanna on a psychological horror journey through a freezing New York City. Navigate the emotional states of unstable characters and uncover the truth behind the unnatural weather in this unique narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Point & Click 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #16 Truth Scrapper
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #17 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
86% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #18 We Were Here Before
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #19 Contra Spem Spero
84% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #20 Lily's Lil Video Shop!
83% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Lich & Lily
Windows
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #21 Telvoikai
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Lore-Rich 14%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11%
- #22 MINDFUNK In 13 Days
81% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #23 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #24 Will Die Alone
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #25 Eldritch Boyfriend
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Penguin Stereo
Windows
Eldritch Boyfriend is the only skill-based visual novel dating sim where your sanity—or lack thereof—turns the very act of choosing the right dialogue options into a series of challenging mini-games.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 8%
- #26 DEAD LAMB WALKING
80% matchVery Positive97% of 200 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Top-Down 9%
- #27 Jeff Quest
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Mattia54
Windows
Jeff's relationship with Mia, now in a tight spot, helps him on his quest to apologize to Mia and get back together with her.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Point & Click 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #28 Chatting ChurroBun
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #29 Redcrest: 1993
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snooze Lose Games
Windows
Fourteen years ago, a murder occurred in the town of Redcrest. You must deal with the consequences. Working at an arcade, a new game seems to enthrall you with its not so fictional depictions of horror, becoming more and more terrifying each day.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13%, Point & Click 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Horror 9.9%
- #30 SPRKLS.exe
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PesiiDom
Windows
⟢ SPRKLS.exe is a cute, melancholic story-driven adventure that unfolds entirely on YOUR desktop 𓂃˗ˏˋ⟢ 𓂅 ࣪⟡̵͝ ₊ ೃ̶͂ ࿔̶̽⟡̷͛*⋆ [EMOTION OVERRIDE] ࿐̵̋⟡̸̂ ࣪ ˖༄̶̀ ✦̵͗ [YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS] ⋆.˚ ̴̡̢̛̼̬̠̰̀͟҉̢C͊͊ ༘⋆ [PLEASE DON’T CLOSE ME AGAIN] ⟡̷͛ ˖𓏲ּ𝄢 ⟡̵̂ ִֶָ 𓂃⊹
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #31 Unfree Freesia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spiral Stair Studio
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #32 Mass of Consumption
77% 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%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #33 Scary Stories
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Point & Click 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #34 Shepherd's Eye
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio AdaminaPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
Everyone has secrets at Found Sheep Farm, but it’s so much easier to pretend no one does! Will you pull the wool over your eyes, or will your pursuit of the truth make you the black sheep in this thrilling horror visual novel?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Horror 9.4%
- #35 Whispers From The Rift
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Horror 11.3%
- #36 Miya Might Break
73% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 10.5%
- #37 TOY BOX
73% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #38 Assassin at Crimson Keep
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Shadow Glass Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #39 HEARTLODGED
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hajimeli
Windows
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #40 The Pigment
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #41 The Innsmouth Case
74% matchMixed65% of 204 reviews2020
Dev: RobotPumpkin GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #42 Cannibal Court
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 11%
- #43 Worn Out
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #44 Miskatonic
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scary Dinner Games
Windows
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 11.5%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #45 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 10.7%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #46 The Lanterne of Light
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #47 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
69% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Horror 10.3%
- #48 Blackthorn Witch
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #49 Reflections of the void
68% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #50 Into the Waves
70% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Point & Click 12.2%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #51 Scarlet Hollow
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,206 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Lovecraftian 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #52 derealization
66% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #53 A Case of Missing Identity
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #54 Saint Kotar
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #55 A Maid Choice
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyclops Clover Studio
Windows
In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
- #56 Momo Don't Leave
66% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 14.3%
- #57 Blood for Poppies
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #58 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,342 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Horror 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #59 Phantompunk
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MKMK9999
Windows
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.1%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%