60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Adventure, Story Rich, Multiple Endings.
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Ezrebeth
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
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?
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 10.9%, Mystery 9.7%
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: 1990's 13.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
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 12.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Point & Click 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.2%, Thriller 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Detective 8.7%
Classic first-person point-and-click adventure game set in contemporary Prague. As a programmer and treasure hunter, you embark on a long journey to uncover the secrets of the infamous Executioner. Your task will be complicated by a sect of fanatic cultists and your own unexplained heritage.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Episodic 34.6% ★, Detective 13%, Visual Novel 9%, Point & Click 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
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: Nonlinear 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Thriller 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 11.3%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Thriller 13.3%, Detective 12.1%, 1990's 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Mystery 8.3%
How will you cope with the loss of yourself? Each episode of You Died! will give you an opportunity to experience a stage of grief for yourself. Make choices, deal with the consequences, and interact with your environment to express the emotions of the main character.
Why similar: Episodic 40.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Choices Matter 9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
A creepy story about a guy who went to a calm and remote city to forget his past and start a new life. But this place turned out to be not as nice and safe as it seemed at first glance.
Why similar: Nonlinear 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Dark 9.4%, Detective 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
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: Detective 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9%, Choices Matter 8%, Thriller 7.6%
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 18%, Visual Novel 13.5%, 1990's 12.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Thriller 8.4%
The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!
Why similar: Episodic 28.8% ★, Thriller 11.5%, Detective 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Mystery 8.1%
Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.
Why similar: Thriller 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Point & Click 9.1%
It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?
Why similar: Episodic 26.2% ★, Thriller 10.8%, Detective 10.4%, Visual Novel 8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 11.7%, Thriller 10.8%, Dark 10.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, Nonlinear 9.3%
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, 1990's 15.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Point & Click 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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: Thriller 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Nonlinear 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Thriller 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Detective 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Detective 10.7%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Dark 9.7%
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Episodic 32.4% ★, Thriller 18%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Detective 11.8%, 1990's 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A horror visual novel exploring the dark sides of friendship and the dangerous paths taken to save it.
Why similar: Thriller 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Mystery 9.3%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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 15.2%, Thriller 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Mystery 9%
A first-person escape horror game, 'School Bathroom'.You've found yourself penned in an eerie stall.What is the source of the fear you feel in this inescapable space...
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 8.9%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dark 10.2%, Hand-drawn 10%, Mystery 9.3%
The little boy Kiddo has spent most of his life in the hospital. Little does he know what a complicated and fascinating world lies concealed beyond the hospital walls. Today, on Kiddo's birthday, his mom wasn't around. Instead of her, the boy met Shadow, who inspired him to escape from a hospital.
Why similar: Nonlinear 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Point & Click 10.9%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Detective 9.4%
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Thriller 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Mystery 12%, Detective 11.4%, Point & Click 11%, Thriller 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Thriller 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Detective 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
A 90s Hong Kong public housing block hides twisted tenants, buried truths, and ghosts. As security guard Lee Shing, your choices shape the story and unlock multiple endings. A mystery full of foreshadowing—some truths can only be uncovered through repeated playthroughs.
Why similar: 1990's 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Thriller 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Mystery 9.1%
An explorative horror point-and-click adventure game where your decisions seal the fates of your companions. Explore the world to uncover what happened at Dawnhall village. Listen to the messages in Avan's dreams to determine your choices. Become what you were born to be.
Why similar: Episodic 29.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Point & Click 9%, Mystery 7.9%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Feralpals is a chapter-based mascot horror game. Humanity was wiped out by a pathogen linked to Friendly Pals, genetically engineered creatures, granted human-like intelligence to serve mankind’s ambitions. The Pals are now left behind, imitating their creators' society long after humanity vanished.
Why similar: Episodic 39.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Mystery 7.9%
It's time to make your choice! Experience a new fantasy world, full of adventure and romance! Go through the first four episodes of the story and wait for more games!
Why similar: Episodic 13.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Detective 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Thriller 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
A crew of four. Mysteries at the edge of known space. A utopia that might be more fragile than it appears. The Aurora Chronicles is an episodic sci-fi visual novel where your choices shape relationships, uncover buried secrets, and test whether hope can survive what you discover.
Why similar: Episodic 32.6% ★, Nonlinear 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.
Why similar: 1990's 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Nonlinear 13%, Point & Click 11.2%, Mystery 9.1%
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Dark 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Mystery 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Thriller 8.5%
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 15%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
A distracted student arrives for his internship at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Chudnogorsk. After a series of failures, Andrey finds out about a series of disappearances in this mysterious place. And that he himself is bound to disappear.
Why similar: Mystery 14.9%, Thriller 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Detective 12.2%
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Thriller 8.6%
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Thriller 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, 1990's 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Point & Click 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Mystery 9.6%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 11%, Thriller 10.7%, Mystery 10%
3D Point-and-click adventure puzzle game wrapped in cinematic 2D cut-scenes. After a concerning message left on Rob's answer-phone from his panicked-sounding twin, Nick, he rushes to his brother's office to try and find a hidden mask. Not long into the search, things take a very dangerous turn...
Why similar: Episodic 44.2% ★, Thriller 15.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Adventure 8.4%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Detective 11.6%, Thriller 8.5%, Adventure 7.9%
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
Why similar: Episodic 45% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%, Point & Click 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Mystery 6.9%
