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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction.

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Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: White Guardian Studios LLC
Genres: RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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…?

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  17. #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.

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  18. #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. #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.

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  20. #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!

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  21. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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.

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  30. #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⊹

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  31. #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. #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.

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  33. #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?

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  34. #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?

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  35. #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. #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. #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. #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.

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  39. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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.

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    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.

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  53. #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. #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.

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  55. #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. #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.

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  57. #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.

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  58. #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. #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%

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