Games Like Shadows Of Memory lll

Every choice you make brings you closer to Death. Dive into death, spirits, and your subconscious in this gothic fantasy visual novel told in six thrilling parts. (Parts 2-6 in development)

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Anime 11.4%, Adventure 7.8%

Iris Odyssey is a text-based adventure game. In the heart of Shibuya, an orphaned girl searching for her family and a magical crime investigator are brought together by fate. Their journey will challenge them and spark a battle against unimaginable forces. A modern fantasy adventure begins.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Anime 13.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Adventure 9.8%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Anime 12.2%, Emotional 10.7%

Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Anime 10.3%, Horror 9.8%

正田崇とＧユウスケが送る"神座万象シリーズ"再始動作品・第一弾『黒白のアヴェスター』。 善と悪に分けられた二元論の世界で、殺戮の荒野を行く男の冥府魔道の物語！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 22.4%, Anime 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, 2D 8.9%

A visual novel with more than 50 illustrations to color the story. Summer" has suddenly disappeared from a certain town. A boy returns to the town where the seasons have stopped, and is reunited with his former friends. What awaits him after he overcomes the cost of his wish?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Adventure 16.6%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Anime 14.9%, Emotional 6.8%

You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.3%, Adventure 22.3%, Anime 14%, 2D 8.2%, Visual Novel 7.9%

The Perfect Prince is an adventure game featuring a touching story and storybook-style visuals. Progress through puzzles and light action, as the tale branches based on your choices and actions. Build bonds with the characters and shape a story that’s uniquely yours.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Adventure 20.9%, Emotional 15.2%, 2D 8.1%

Is cutting down a young girl a sin, or a salvation? In the Haku-a Church where pure love and jealousy collide, a young gem-craftsman is forced to choose—to let her live, or to end her life.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Adventure 19.3%, Anime 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Visual Novel 7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Anime 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10%, Hand-drawn 7.8%

With significantly enhanced RPG elements, you can now use items, equipment, and status upgrades for tactical gameplay. Witness the princess knight's fight with only her pride to rely on. Victory or submission—it's all in your hands.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.3%, Adventure 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 19%, 2D 7.9%, Visual Novel 7.7%

I am here, in this world... A Japanese-style fantasy adventure by Kogado Studio. In this town, strange incidents never cease. Join Satoree Mizuki, a girl who can read others’ minds, and uncover the truth behind these supernatural cases.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Anime 23.8%, Adventure 21.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%

The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Emotional 16.1%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Anime 13%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%

Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Anime 13.7%, Emotional 12.4%, 2D 7.3%

Horror adventure game to appraise spirits photos

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Adventure 27.4%, Horror 16.1%, 2D 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%

What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Conversation 18.4% ★, Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%

A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Anime 16.2%, Emotional 11.4%, 2D 7.6%

A mysterious tale shared with Sujin, the girl only I can see.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Adventure 22.9%, Anime 14.7%, Emotional 11.4%, 2D 7.8%

Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Conversation 25.4% ★, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Anime 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%

Blossoms of Eternity by JAYBE GAMES is a thrilling time-travel saga in which Kuro, Miyu, and Aihara must confront not only their own feelings, but also power-hungry witches who can literally turn reality upside down.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Anime 14%, Emotional 13.1%, Adventure 9.5%

Let us exchange the KOTONOHA of hope a little more. *Ĉu vi volas paroli la lingvon "Juliamo"?* Do you want to speak *Juliamo*?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.6%, Adventure 23.4%, Anime 14.9%, 2D 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%

「これは何を手にするために、何かを失う物語」 季節は変わり冬になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は菅野雪乃への恋心を自覚するが、彼女の親友に想いを寄せられてしまい、今度は三角関係の当事者になってしまった。自分の未来を掴むためにも菅野雪乃との両思いを目指すことになるが…。青春群像劇ビジュアルドラマ三部作の最終章が遂に開幕！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Conversation 14.6% ★, Emotional 11.8%, 2D 7.4%

Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Anime 16.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Adventure 8.4%

A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%

『さあ、無限の絶望をあじわえ！』町の人々が原因不明の症状でとつぜん凶暴になる。高校生たちに襲いかかるバッドエンドを楽しむ物語。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Adventure 19%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Anime 13.5%, Visual Novel 7.1%

少女の絶命まであと30分…。 『絶体絶命少女』は、"冷たい方程式"や"トロッコ問題"をオマージュした短編SFビジュアルノベルです。 母親に会うため宇宙船に密航した少女か、宇宙事故に遭い救助を待つ遭難者たちか、あなたは命の選択を迫られます。 救う命を選び、少女の運命を見届けましょう。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35%, Adventure 20.6%, Anime 14.1%, Emotional 10.9%, 2D 7.9%

Meet Kureha Kurono and her friends in this charming visual novel! With the help of the devil Blackwing-chan they'll be able to defeat the evil shadow, right? What was that? It was Blackwing himself who caused this mess? Oh dear.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Anime 16.1%, Emotional 15.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, 2D 7.1%

Aevitas: Last Light is a short atmospheric platforming journey about atrophy, loss, and acceptance. Help a young moth to follow the light, don't lose hope as your powers wane and find new ways to navigate this visually stunning, hand-crafted reverse metroidvania.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.6%, Anime 17.7%, Emotional 17.6%, Adventure 17.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43%, Adventure 27.1%, Atmospheric 10%, 2D 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%

"Kiki & Ana - The Child" is a cute story experience. Focused on story, art, and music. Must avoid hazards which some people find difficult. Takes about an hour to complete. WARNING: flashing lights, light gore.

Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Anime 16.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Horror 6.8%

Relive the four days of destiny...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Anime 15.9%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Emotional 12.4%, Adventure 12.2%

A horror adventure game where you identify ghost photos and ghost videos

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Adventure 24.7%, Horror 18.7%, 2D 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%

«NEUROBROOD» is a visual novel in the cyberpunk‑horror genre. Those touched by the abyss of neurodream never wake up the same.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 7%, 2D 6.3%

A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Anime 14.6%, Emotional 10.6%, Adventure 10.3%

Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.8%, Dark Fantasy 25.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Anime 10%, Visual Novel 7.2%

Discover the secrets held within the old House on 32, Dandelion Drift. In this classic Visual Novel you’ll find joy, hope, but also remorse and terror.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Adventure 19.5%, Conversation 17.3% ★, Horror 11.9%, Emotional 9.2%

少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.9%, Adventure 21.8%, Emotional 13.2%, 2D 8.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%

Explore the beginning of a new horrifying story in this mixture of a text-based and a 2D game. Emily's world is about to turn upside down, maybe in more ways than anyone is able to realize yet.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Emotional 14%, Horror 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%

The world ends in three days, and you, as a devoted cultist, must bring a new member to the cult. Find a balance between the cult, relationships, and job.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Conversation 20.1% ★, Adventure 17%, Emotional 12.9%, 2D 6.7%

「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む２人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Emotional 19.6%, Adventure 16.9%, Anime 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%

Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 20%, Adventure 18.8%, Anime 17.4%, Emotional 13.6%, 2D 8%

A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Anime 16.5%, Emotional 14.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

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 30.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Horror 10.3%, Anime 9.7%

“All wrong.” Game consists of five stories that are connected with mysterious characters and events. The main character is trying to discover the meaning each of them. He gets sucked in the events that will lead him to the strange places where he meets strange people, fairy tale creatures and landscapes.

Why similar: Adventure 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.3%

In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Anime 12.9%, 2D 9%, Horror 8.5%

Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Horror 10.6%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Anime 12.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.3%

Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 8.6%

みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Adventure 20.3%, Anime 16.8%, Emotional 9.7%, 2D 7.8%

"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Adventure 22.4%, Anime 19.4%, Horror 8.1%, Visual Novel 8%

Middle school girls face final exams and a deadly supernatural game. An urban legend of a “nonexistent telephone pole.” The “Eight Sisters,” silver assassin, and mysterious “RULERS.” A supernatural suspense of survival and conspiracy. Ongoing story continuing to unfold.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Anime 13.5%, 2D 6.7%

"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Emotional 15%, Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Anime 9.4%

The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Adventure 23.4%, Emotional 16.8%, 2D 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%

This is the third horror adventure game from TEAM SHINZA.Players progress through the game by writing comments while watching videos of [problem properties] being investigated.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.1%, Adventure 25.5%, Horror 19.4%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

What you thought would be eight boring days in a remote island will become your worst nightmares. Is the place haunted? Is someone else out there to get us? Is there another motive they brought us here? Depends on you and your mates to survive in this mysterious place.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Conversation 14.6% ★, Anime 14.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%

When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Emotional 12.7%, Anime 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Once every 100 years, a temple containing a legendary blade appears for only 24 hours. The sword’s power can only be unlocked joining in body and spirit with another, and there are three men hoping to be chosen to share the sword’s power with you. Who will it be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Anime 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, 2D 7.2%

Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22%, Anime 16.4%, Emotional 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Adventure 9.6%

Akari was a beloved streamer—until she died live on camera. Now, as a spirit, she’s still performing. You’ve been hired to speak with her, and uncover the truth behind the smile she never took off.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Conversation 21% ★, Adventure 16.7%, Anime 12.9%, Emotional 8.4%