60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich.
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Will Die Alone
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?
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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.
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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Dystopian 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
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 21.9%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.8%
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 37.6%, Psychological 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dystopian 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
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 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%
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 17.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dystopian 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
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 18.9%, Philosophical 15.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Abstract 7.7%
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 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
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 25.4%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Abstract 11.1%
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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
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 18.9%, Psychological 18.2%, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
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 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Adventure 17.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark 10.2%
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 21.9%, Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%
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 18.9%, Psychological 15.2%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
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+ 32.7%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Text-Based 29.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
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 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Psychological 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Text-Based 21.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Stylized 7.8%
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.2%, Psychological 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dystopian 11.9%, Horror 9.5%
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 50.5%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 7%
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 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dystopian 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Adventure 9.3%
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 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 29.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 9.3%
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 30.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 9%
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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Horror 9.5%
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 25.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Text-Based 9.9%, Horror 7.6%
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: Philosophical 17.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Psychological 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
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 24.1%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Horror 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 9.2%
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 36.1%, Choices Matter 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Logic 11.2%, 2D 7.2%
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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
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 24.2%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Horror 12.8%
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 16.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
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 27.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Horror 11%
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 19.6%, Psychological 17.3%, Dystopian 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Horror 13.4%
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 42.8%, Adventure 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 8%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Psychological 22.7%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 15.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Abstract 9.5%
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 19.2%, Dark 19%, Minimalist 13.4%, Horror 13.3%
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 29.3%, Horror 17.7%, Dark 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 36%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Dark 5.9%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Psychological 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Story Rich 7.9%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Psychological 16.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Logic 9.9%
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 25%, Psychological Horror 24%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 10.7%
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 19.1%, Horror 15.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Stylized 9%
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 17.9%, Philosophical 17.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 12.9%
Homicipher is a 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Horror 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Dark 17%, Story Rich 12.4%, Horror 9.8%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Psychological 19%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 12%, Dark 9.3%
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 24.2%, Psychological 23.6%, Text-Based 20.1%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
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%
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 24.1%, Stylized 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 17.2%
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 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 15%, Atmospheric 6.2%
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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Horror 11.7%
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: Psychological 24.6%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dark 13.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
