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The peg doll faces from your childhood bedroom reappear at every turn. Struggle to find a path forward through your own personal hell in this bleak visual novel with light puzzles and point-and-click elements.

Why similar: Noir 18%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Point & Click 9.9%, Cinematic 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Faint Echo is a psychological horror visual novel with point-and-click elements. A young man named Denys moves into a cheap apartment, but soon faces disturbing paranormal events. Explore the dark building, uncover its secrets, and try to survive.

Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.

Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Point & Click 12%, Psychedelic 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Gothic 9.3% ★

Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?

Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.

Why similar: Noir 32.7%, Point & Click 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

"Humility" is a thriller visual novel. Immerse yourself in the fascinating story of a young Elma, who defies a cruel cult to save her beloved.

Why similar: Noir 21%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Point & Click 12%, Text-Based 11%, Dark 7.6%

A short visual novel about an endless shift at a garment factory. Wonder what gets you liquidated faster: corruption, naivety, or immorality? Industrial melancholy, where nothing goes unpunished.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Cinematic 18.3%, Noir 14.7%, Dystopian 12.2%, Choices Matter 9%

What remains after you lose the one you love? REM is an atmospheric, choice-driven 2D point & click experience exploring a grieving man’s bond with the AI he created, and this consciousness's questioning of reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Text-Based 12.2%

House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.2%, Gothic 12.2% ★, Demons 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a world where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, two women with buried secrets are pulled into a story of revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.

Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Cinematic 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 8%

On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 11%

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dystopian 10.7%, Emotional 10.4%, Dark 9.9%

A stylish single player story-based game, where you win a free weekend at the "Lotus", a luxurious spa resort. But soon, things take a strange and sinister turn.

Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, First-Person 8.7%

Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Point & Click 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%

INFERIAE is a two-hour-long descent into a nightmare over 20 years in the making, an immersive experience blending unsettling soundscapes with hundreds of shifting scenes and a haunting narrative.

Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Stylized 11.8%

Perform a forbidden ritual of ecstasy to resurrect your lost love in this supernatural mystery visual novel that blends Japanese folklore, cosmic horror and romance.

Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Gothic 13% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.1%, Psychedelic 11.8%

In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...

Why similar: Noir 28.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Cinematic 8.9%

A complete modern remaster of the award winning Point & Click detective comedy adventure game.

Why similar: Noir 42%, Point & Click 26.7%, Cinematic 13.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 6.2%

A narrative-driven psychological horror visual novel. Player's choices lead to distinct emotional paths and story outcomes. "You" navigate a shifting consciousness, making choices within fragmented scenes that buried memories.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Emotional 10.8%

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Why similar: Noir 27.5%, Psychedelic 16.6%, Cinematic 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%

CENTRIFUGED is a choice-driven psychological RPG where a broken boy posing as a doctor hunts a cure for his dying lover in a plague-ridden metropolis. Heal or betray, face inner voices, and descend into the human psyche as morality, memory, and madness intertwine.

Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Cinematic 16.2%, Dystopian 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%

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: Noir 22.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Text-Based 8.3%

After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?

Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Text-Based 7.1%, Adventure 7%

Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.

Why similar: Noir 35.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Text-Based 9.6%

You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.

Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Psychedelic 20%, Cinematic 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband

Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Point & Click 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, First-Person 6.3%

One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.

Why similar: Noir 26%, Point & Click 13.6%, Psychedelic 13%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%

"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.

Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Psychedelic 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Story Rich 6.1%, Dark 5.5%

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%

MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.

Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Gothic 10.9% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%

A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.

Why similar: Noir 23%, Point & Click 14.9%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.

Why similar: Noir 42.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 8.9%, 2D 6.4%

A Bartender point-and-click simulator game mixed with visual novel-style storytelling set in a noir-fabled world. As you have only 7 days to live, to save yourself from a collapsing life, it’s time to investigate, mix the drink and discover the secret recipe of success you deserve all along.

Why similar: Noir 37.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Cinematic 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8%

A visual short novel about a girl who wakes up in an empty apartment and tries to figure out what happened. In front of her are four boxes filled with different items from her past. Touching them, she recalls pieces of memories, but one of the items is cursed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Point & Click 20.1%, Text-Based 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%

You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

Why similar: Noir 36.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Dystopian 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

"Cave Fiction" is a self-developed "game" that is actually a monstrous creation born from the author's sad, arrogant, and foolish consciousness. Its name is derived from a classic metaphor in Plato's philosophy, making it a manic modern story within a classical narrative framework.

Why similar: Noir 30.2%, Psychedelic 21.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Point & Click 14%, Cinematic 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Cyber job application simulator! Start an adventure in a city whose main industry is rocket manufacturing. Face multiple challenges from job hunting, work, and life.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Dystopian 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10%

Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.

Why similar: Noir 32%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 10.6%

'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.

Why similar: Noir 26%, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%

I have seen the face. Amongst the small white bones wrapped in fabric. Beneath the veins leading to the goddess. Within the black blood of the eucharist.

Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Cinematic 16%, Text-Based 14.3%, Dystopian 10.2%

My Room Philosopher is a text-based game where a boy asks questions many people face during adolescence. Answer his questions and explore his thoughts while reflecting on your own values and life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Point & Click 17%, Text-Based 14%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Stylized 9%

A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Story Rich 8.6%

Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!

Why similar: Point & Click 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Demons 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%

The first psychological horror in history, in the format of a visual novel, created using a neural network.

Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Psychedelic 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Demons 9.8%

A visual psychological horror novel set in a winter setting. You have a unique opportunity to explore your relationships with your friends, and then with yourself. But be careful, a blizzard seems to be approaching.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 18.1%, Dark 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%

Zion takes on a shady job driving a night taxi. His shifts spiral into eerie rides with ever stranger passengers, as the line between reality and delirium blurs. Each trip drags him deeper into the city’s abyss, where it’s no longer clear what is dream and what is real.

Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Psychedelic 21%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Cinematic 10.7%, Text-Based 9.4%

Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.

Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

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: Noir 24.8%, Point & Click 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

A dark BL visual novel about love, faith, control, and the cost of choosing yourself. Guide Dojun through a psychological story of obsession, trauma, forbidden romance, and multiple endings shaped by your choices.

Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 17%, Dark 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Short visual novel. An all-too-familiar story, born from an all-too-familiar motive, on an all-too-familiar street.

Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Psychedelic 20.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.2%, Cinematic 10.1%

You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Text-Based 9.9%

A cyberpunk noir point-and-click. One bar, one bad night, one drink that proves something. Mix the impossible cocktail. Trade favours. Step out into the rain and meet the stranger waiting under the COCKTAILS sign. Episode 1 of an ongoing indie narrative experiment.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Noir 17.2%, Cinematic 15.3%, Stylized 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%

A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Point & Click 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%

You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Cinematic 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%

You control three employees of a cleaning company, carrying out their jobs, but be careful, as engaging in activities outside of work may lead to undesirable outcomes.

Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Text-Based 17.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%