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

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?

Awakewood
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?

We Were Here Before
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.
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Adventure 7.7%
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 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 9%
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 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dark 8.5%, Adventure 8.3%
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 21.5%, Lore-Rich 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
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 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
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 16.1%, Point & Click 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
Navigate the claustrophobic corridors of a cargo ship and try to survive a night with man-eating tigers on the loose. Your choices will determine who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dark 9%, Survival Horror 8.8%
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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Lore-Rich 12%, Horror 7.8%
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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Point & Click 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 10.6%
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.6%
A pure romance horror action novel between you and the yokai "Yuki." Can you survive four nights and claim a future together with her──?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Point & Click 16.6%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Point & Click 11.9%, Dark 11.4%
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Text-Based 9.5%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Text-Based 11.6%
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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 17%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
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 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Point & Click 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 14%, Adventure 10.2%, Dark 10%
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 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 8.2%
A point-and-click narrative puzzle game with a delicate art style and soothing pace. In this Underworld at the end of all things, guide souls who lost their memories and speech safely across the Styx. Luckily, our protagonist is about to face the most restless bunch of them all...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
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 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Point & Click 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
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 24%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 13.3%, Text-Based 9.3%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Point & Click 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 9%, Dark 7.8%
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 9.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Adventure 10.6%, Text-Based 7.4%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 9.3%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%
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 17.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Survival Horror 10.7%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13%
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Text-Based 9%
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Dark 6%
Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Point & Click 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Dark 9%
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Adventure 9.9%, Dark 8.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 13.9%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%
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 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Horror 11.3%
Psychological Body Horror visual novel in a space setting with different endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
"Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Point & Click 20.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 10.6%, Text-Based 9.7%
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Point & Click 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
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 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Text-Based 8.5%
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, Text-Based 7.4%
A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.2%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Text-Based 9.4%