
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Multiple Endings, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction.

RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

Thorner
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.

Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
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.
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 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Dark 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%
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: Gothic 15% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Dark 8%
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Dark 10.6%
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 15%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%
In a town of exactly 245 residents, every breath is a subtraction. A narrative experience blending Gothic hand-drawn art and natural history puzzles. Waking into a world of "domestic bliss" as thick as a fungal bloom, will you submit to the morbid order, or shatter the balance?
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
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: Gothic 12.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
As a gothic detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Gothic 18.4% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Dark 11%
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 17.7%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Horror 9.8%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear horror visual novel based on Slavic folklore. Explore a god-forgotten village and a forest hiding ancient evil. Trust no one. Remember: real evil often lurks not in house corners, but in the human soul's darkness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 9.9%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 24.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dark 7.8%, Horror 7.8%
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Horror 9.2%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Investigation 11.7%
Why similar: Gothic 13.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.7%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dark 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 9%
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 9.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Dark 8.4%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 17.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Psychological Body Horror visual novel in a space setting with different endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Psychological Horror 11%
You are a terrifying monster living beneath someone’s house. This is a dark, cruel, twisted interactive novel where you are the main abomination.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.4%, Horror 9.7%
WHEN THE CROW SINGS is an adventure mystery game with a focus on exploration, characters, and world building, featuring a cast of diverse survivors trying to keep the status quo as their compound life grows more complicated and dangerous.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 8.5%
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Why similar: Gothic 17.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
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 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.1%
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make 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 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Story Rich 8.6%
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
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 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: Gothic 19.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
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: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Dark 8.6%
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Gothic 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Investigation 9.5%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Psychological 10.4%
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
A psychological horror visual novel where you play as a teenager sent to a mysterious boarding school after losing his parents. Make choices that alter your fate, uncover dark secrets, and face supernatural trials to survive the ancient mystical forces.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hidden Object 10%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 13.2%, Psychological 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.3%
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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 25.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.2%, Horror 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%