Games Like Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood

Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 7.4%

Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.

Why similar: Investigation 47.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Stylized 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Story Rich 7.6%

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 7.5%

2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Female Protagonist 6.4%

This visual novel is a collection of alternative realities. How events would turn out and how they end will depend on your choices. Visit wolf's den and solve his secret, or try to tame the wild beast. Eat a pasty with mushrooms and experience something new, or feed it to the old lady, because it's her favorite filling.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Text-Based 15.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 9.9%

Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!

Why similar: Adventure 27.9%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, 2D 9.8%

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Adventure 19.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Story Rich 10.7%

Are you afraid of the big bad Woolfe? Step into the boots of a vengeful Red Riding Hood in this twisted-fairytale platformer. Defeat deranged fairytale bosses with your trusty axe, explore a gorgeous fantasy universe and piece together the truth behind the mysterious passing of Red’s father.

Why similar: Adventure 35.4%, Side Scroller 29.7%, Female Protagonist 24.9%, Indie 7.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7%, Side Scroller 6.9%

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Cartoon 18.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

If they call me wicked for following my heart, then so be it. Awaken your inner witch, pursue forbidden love, and unlock your destiny in this visual novel adventure, with 8 unique plot paths.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Indie 20%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.1%

A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?

Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 10%

When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Text-Based 20.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 7%, Story Rich 6.8%

As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.

Why similar: Side Scroller 25.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Stylized 7%

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...

Why similar: Side Scroller 30.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.

Why similar: Adventure 33.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Stylized 9%

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task...

Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Story Rich 17.5%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Indie 11.4%

Adventure game full of magic, puzzles and cute characters, featuring a young witch-in-training and a talking ghost-squirrel!

Why similar: Investigation 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Adventure 13%, Cartoon 11.2%

Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.7%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Stylized 17.6%, Story Rich 13.9%, 2D 9.9%

To save her petrified mother, the heroine embarks on a journey to find the legendary orbs that can grant any wish.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Cartoon 14.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 5.1%

Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Comic Book 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%

200 biggest nonograms! Discover the magical world of Red Riding Hood!

Why similar: Adventure 41%, Puzzle 17.4%, 2D 15.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Investigation 21.2%, Adventure 19.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Adventure 22.8%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Side Scroller 9%

Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, Side Scroller 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Stylized 7.4%

Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.9%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.

Why similar: Adventure 46.8%, Story Rich 22.4%, Puzzle 22.4%, Indie 8.4%

This is the story of a young girl and her magical adventure.

Why similar: Adventure 63.8%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 5.4%

A young woman who lives alone in the forest one day meets another woman- a real witch!

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Indie 9.9%, 2D 7.5%

An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 51.2%, Multiple Endings 18%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 5.4%, 2D 5.4%

This is an adventure game that takes you on a journey through a world after humans have disappeared. Lead the robot girl "Scarlet" to find the surviving humans.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Game is about little lost girl, who tries to find right path to visit her grandmother

Why similar: Adventure 89.9%, Story Rich 5.7%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 10.4%

The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Adventure 26.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Red Riding Hood wanders out of the woods... and into an infinite number of alternate dimensions twisting the classic fairy tale in countless ways.

Why similar: Adventure 53.1%, 2D 20.2%, Story Rich 14.8%, Indie 11.9%

Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Investigation 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Cartoon 8.7%

Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Choices Matter 22%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13%, Story Rich 8%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Investigation 28%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, 2D 7.1%

Vambrace: Cold Soul is a story-driven roguelite set amidst a frozen landscape. Plan expeditions, then journey to the cursed city surface with your party. Wield unique powers, avoid traps, brave strange encounters, and survive deadly combat in this gothic fantasy adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 46.6%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 9.6%, Story Rich 9%

A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.

Why similar: Adventure 35.4%, 2D 14%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 11.2%

A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46.3%, Adventure 26.7%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Puzzle 6.7%, 2D 3.2%

Embark on a journey to save the prince’s eyesight in this 2D puzzle-adventure game featuring beautiful hand-drawn art and a bittersweet tale of wishes and what we’re willing to do to make them come true. Utilize your wolf and princess forms to lead the way!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.3%, Comic Book 29.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Female Protagonist 6.8%, Puzzle 4.8%

JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.

Why similar: Cartoon 31.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 9.9%, 2D 9.7%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Stylized 17.8%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, 2D 11.1%

Take the role of a cursed witch as she tried to become human once more! Navigate the cottage of your rival to locate the ingredients needed for the potion, avoiding her guardians and falling to the floor far below!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.3%, Stylized 36.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 1%

In a chilling cellar below the apocalyptic snow, Fei Lin the witch wakes up from hibernation, and ventures into the forsaken world. Guide her through the process of escaping the cellar, and seeing the changed world for her first time.

Why similar: Adventure 68.9%, Indie 14.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Text-Based 7.9%

A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.5%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Adventure 14.7%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, 2D 6.2%

A dark, story-heavy puzzle game. Enter the mind of Mayu, as her soul is invaded and dug through by a seemingly evil witch. Can you stop her? What if you were able to get the upper hand, and invade her back? Would you show mercy, or destroy her? Jishogi will test you in more ways than one.

Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Adventure 20.1%, Stylized 12%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Text-Based 9.7%