60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Psychological, Text-Based.
A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.
Second Thoughts
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.
For Goodness Sake
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.
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.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Psychological 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.5%, Philosophical 9.4%, Text-Based 9.1%
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 17%, Psychological 14.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Psychological 18.3%, Dystopian 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Philosophical 19.4%, Psychological 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.1% ★, Philosophical 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Philosophical 9.7%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Text-Based 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Philosophical 9.9%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological 12.9%, Philosophical 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
You can beat this game with any key on your keyboard. ANY key, I mean it.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.7% ★, Text-Based 13.4%, Philosophical 13.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Every headline has a cost. Decide what the city sees — and watch what it turns you into.
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Dystopian 16%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Philosophical 16.6%, Psychological 14.4%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dynamic Narration 10.2% ★
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.4% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Philosophical 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Abstract 11.4%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dystopian 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.4%, Psychological 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
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%, Philosophical 16%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Abstract 10.9%
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Philosophical 18.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Philosophical 15.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Abstract 10.8%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Psychological 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 13.3% ★
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 22.1%, Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 9.5%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Psychological 14%, Dark 7.6%
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 12.3%, Philosophical 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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: Psychological 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Adventure Gamebook: Dive into an interactive experience where you can create, play, and share your own unique stories. Use the intuitive story editor to craft narratives without coding, explore them solo or in co-op with friends, and share them on the Workshop for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.3% ★, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
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: Psychological 18.6%, Philosophical 18.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Play as an AI interacting with users.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Philosophical 13.7%, Dystopian 11%, Psychological 10.6%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Philosophical 16%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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 18.2%, Philosophical 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Abstract 9.8%
Your twin sister is missing. Under her name, you uncover a deadly system where 50 people compete for a Wish powerful enough to change anything. The price of entry is a piece of yourself, signed away in a contract. Survive. Find her. And try not to lose yourself to the people you meet along the way.
Why similar: Psychological 25%, LGBTQ+ 21%, Philosophical 15.5%, Dystopian 13%, Choices Matter 8%
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
A story of a simple walk home, with a sprinkling of intrusive thoughts. Make a few choices, decide what's best, and please, try not to overthink.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Psychological 15.3%, Abstract 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★, Minimalist 8.5%
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%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.4% ★, Psychological 15.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dystopian 13.3%
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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Dystopian 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21%, Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Someone knocks at your door every day. You decide who to help, who to turn away—and what it costs. A slow, atmospheric narrative game set in 1934, full of choices, guilt, and quiet desperation. Every choice changes the game.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.8% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Philosophical 11.7%, Dystopian 9%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Have you ever wondered what happens when we fall into a coma? Why do only some make it back? Aphasia is a first-person horror where you’re trapped inside your own mind, with no memory of who you are. As you explore your fractured memories, your sense of guilt won’t let you escape...
Why similar: Psychological 23.8%, Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Psychological 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Try again, as many times as it takes, to change the ending. You might be able to save everyone you couldn’t before. • Indie horror game • Playtime: approx. 2 hours • Graphics, dialogue, and the feel of the world change with each playthrough • Contains heavy themes
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Psychological 14%, Psychological Horror 12%
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Philosophical 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
Psychological horror collection, which includes 5 games: Wrong Button, ROMASHKA, You Are Doxxed, B*tch!, LOOP and COLORFOOD Inc. These are stories about anxiety, pressure, and internal tension linked by a shared atmosphere.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.5%, Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Abstract 9.5%
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Philosophical 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Psychological 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Abstract 12.2%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Adventure 7.9%
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Text-Based 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
A mysterious creature has torn your home from reality. Explore the City of Stolen Worlds, uncover the secrets of its inhabitants, and try to find your way back. Or perhaps you want to become the new Master?
Why similar: Philosophical 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
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 17.4%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 10%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Psychological 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
An experimental, horror visual novel about raising a virtual pet. Help a tamagotchi-like creature navigate his angst. We love Momo!
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Text-Based 19.6%, Abstract 12.1%, Dark 9.6%, Minimalist 8.1%
