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  1. #1 Will Die Alone
    97% 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 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dystopian 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

  2. #2 Backspace Backspace Backspace
    96% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Blue Tango Street
    Windows · Mac

    In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

    Why similar: Psychological 22%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.7%

  3. #3 Depression Quest
    96% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Psychological 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 6.3%

  4. #4 An Outcry
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2022
    Dev: Quinn K.
    Windows

    A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%

  5. #5 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dystopian 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

  6. #6 You Shouldn't Be Here
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: Doomster Entertainment
    Windows

    This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Philosophical 15.2%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Abstract 7.6%

  7. #7 The Horrorscope
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    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 23.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

  8. #8 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

    Why similar: Psychological 20.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

  9. #9 My Head On Your Body
    91% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

    Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Philosophical 17.1%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

  10. #10 Snowfall's Mystery
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

    Why similar: Philosophical 18.8%, Psychological 18.3%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

  11. #11 For Goodness Sake
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2022
    Dev: Belief Engine
    Windows

    In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.

    Why similar: Philosophical 19.6%, Psychological 15.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9%

  12. #12 TOBOR
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: Cogoo
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

    Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dystopian 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

  13. #13 Free Will
    88% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
    Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
    Windows

    Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

    Why similar: Psychological 50.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Horror 10%, Dark 6.9%

  14. #14 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    91% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

    Why similar: Choices Matter 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark 10.2%

  15. #15 Gender Dysphoria
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: exodrifter
    Windows · Linux

    A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Text-Based 29.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

  16. #16 Death and Taxes
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 8,138 reviews2020
    Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%

  17. #17 This is Interesting
    84% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Scott Jund
    Windows

    This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Horror 9.4%

  18. #18 Interrogation Simulator
    85% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
    Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
    Windows · Linux

    Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Text-Based 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 8%

  19. #19 Depression The Game
    86% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
    Dev: DeepWorks Studios
    Windows

    Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

    Why similar: Psychological 22%, Dynamic Narration 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%

  20. #20 Room No. 9
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 508 reviews2020
    Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
    Windows

    You have been selected to participate in a behavioral analysis experiment and these guys are at the mercy of your inhumanly cruel choices! it's up to you to decide the fate of these two...

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 54%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Story Rich 5.9%, Horror 3.2%

  21. #21 The Final Prize is Soup
    83% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
    Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
    Windows · Linux

    You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

  22. #22 Sultan's Game
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,886 reviews2025
    Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.8%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 9.5%

  23. #23 YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
    79% matchVery Positive97% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: お湯めのPub: 半角全角感嘆符
    Windows

    A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 10.2%

  24. #24 The Executioner
    82% matchMixed66% of 371 reviews2019
    Dev: Lesser Evil Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Horror 19.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Story Rich 8.5%

  25. #25 PAGER
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2025
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

    Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Psychological 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dystopian 12.5%, Horror 9.9%

  26. #26 Echoes
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
    Dev: Baba Nura
    Windows

    Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 21.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Stylized 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

  27. #27 Dead Dreams
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
    Dev: Aiaz Marx
    Windows

    "DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

    Why similar: RPGMaker 25.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 9.6%

  28. #28 Your Future Self
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
    Dev: Contortionist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

    Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dystopian 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 9.2%

  29. #29 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
    78% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

    Why similar: Choices Matter 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Horror 13.3%

  30. #30 7 Days
    77% matchVery Positive100% of 80 reviews2025
    Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
    Windows

    Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

    Why similar: RPGMaker 23.7%, Psychological 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.4%

  31. #31 The Test: Reality Check
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

    Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Horror 12.7%

  32. #32 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%

  33. #33 Minds Beneath Us
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Philosophical 19.5%, Psychological 17.4%, Dystopian 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

  34. #34 The Test
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,124 reviews2020
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    Why similar: Psychological 27.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Horror 10.9%

  35. #35 Hazy Mind
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Psychological 25.5%, Psychological Horror 17%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Text-Based 9.9%, Horror 7.5%

  36. #36 Bad Faith
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: Mado
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

    Why similar: Psychological 29.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 9.2%

  37. #37 SIMULACRA 2
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

    Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 9%

  38. #38 Love Alone Death
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows · Mac

    Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Choices Matter 21%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 8.6%

  39. #39 Loop//Error
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    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: Philosophical 17.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

  40. #40 Myths of Rules
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,027 reviews2023
    Dev: Sugarcane Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Stylized 9%

  41. #41 Aimi
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
    Dev: Toasty
    Windows · Mac

    Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

    Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, RPGMaker 20.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dark 8.3%

  42. #42 Indecision.
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 636 reviews2018
    Dev: bilge
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

    Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 7.9%

  43. #43 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 681 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Horror 11.6%

  44. #44 The Test: Reimagined
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 110 reviews2026
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Philosophical 17.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 13%

  45. #45 SELF
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 272 reviews2020
    Dev: doBellPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

    Why similar: Psychological 43.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Adventure 19.5%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 8%

  46. #46 The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2020
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    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 21.2%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

  47. #47 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Psychological 24.5%, Text-Based 20.7%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

  48. #48 Yet Another Killing Game
    67% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
    Dev: Soulseer Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!

    Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Dark 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 10.8%

  49. #49 愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 218 reviews2025
    Dev: Anonymous
    Windows

    "NARRENSCHIFF" is a psychological horror puzzle game. Players take on the role of an amnesiac man who awakens in a mysterious mental hospital. As they explore, they unravel a story involving their own origins and the conspiracy brewing within the walls of the mental institution.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, 2D 6.7%

  50. #50 Psychroma
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 183 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Dystopian 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 8.4%

  51. #51 Social Credit Simulator
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Fasu Studio
    Windows

    In Social Credit Simulator, you make life-altering decisions by assigning social credit scores based on people’s actions and status. Satirizing real-world social rating systems, your choices determine your survival in a dystopian regime.

    Why similar: Text-Based 40.7%, Choices Matter 26.1%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, 2D 8.1%, Dystopian 0.8%

  52. #52 Saihate Station
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.3%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%, Dark 6.6%

  53. #53 The Watson-Scott Test
    71% matchMixed67% of 811 reviews2018
    Dev: Normal Wholesome Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%

    Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...

    Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%

  54. #54 SIMULACRA
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: Psychological 22.9%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 8.5%

  55. #55 HANGMAN
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixel Poxet
    Windows

    A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Psychological 19.3%, Dark 19%, Minimalist 13.3%, Horror 13.2%

  56. #56 Interrogation: You will be deceived
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 369 reviews2019
    Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

    Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Dark 8.9%

  57. #57 You know my name?
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Abstract 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 11.1%

  58. #58 Homicipher: Demo
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
    Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

  59. #59 This Is Not Your House
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
    Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
    Windows

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    Why similar: Psychological 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Abstract 9.4%

  60. #60 Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: 727 Not HoundPub: 727 Not Hound
    Windows

    Everyone must resist the relentless unfairness with the cards they've been dealt. Use the randomly distributed holy verses to identify the names of the 10 demons. Save 5 people and exorcise the sixth threat lurking in the shadows. This is a compact game of continuous gambles and judgments.

    Why similar: Abstract 23.9%, Stylized 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 17.2%

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