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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 11.9%, Point & Click 10%, Cinematic 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Explore a stylized recreation of 1935 Providence in this story-focused adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's final work. Investigate clues and uncover the mystery of a looming black church.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Cinematic 10%

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 15.4%, Psychedelic 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, 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 13.6%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Gothic 9.2% ★

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

Why similar: Noir 42.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, 2D 5.7%

Meridian Archive is a neo-noir crime visual novel set in the sealed world of Notus in 2008. After the disaster known as Saltification, those immune to the disease begin losing their memories—and themselves. Follow a band of Nomads through a violent, surreal world to uncover what went wrong.

Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dystopian 12.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

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 17.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.

Why similar: Noir 32.7%, Point & Click 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

A dark, emotionally grounded visual novel where you conduct therapy sessions under pressure, choose how to respond to clients, and craft your own therapeutic reframes to shape their progress.

Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Point & Click 17%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%

"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 21.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Text-Based 10.9%, 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 19.3%, Cinematic 18.4%, Noir 14.7%, Dystopian 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%

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 15.4%, Gothic 12.1% ★, Demons 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Sometimes the deepest sleep is the only way to wake up. Plug into the REM simulation in this 1st-person psychological narrative game where Neo is trapped in the hum of the past. Navigate surreal dreams and face the darkness of your mind to reach Talya. Don't forget to wake up.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Point & Click 17%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 12.1%

A detective horror about twin sisters and the mirrors between them. Search crime scenes by flashlight, gather evidence, interrogate suspects - and survive the nights. Accusations need proof. The truth needs more. 7 endings; your choices decide who the monster is.

Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Point & Click 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Adventure 6.2%

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 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%

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 19.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, First-Person 8.6%

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 15%, Dystopian 10.6%, Emotional 10.4%, Dark 9.9%

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 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Adventure 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 27.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Stylized 11.4%

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%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Gothic 12.9% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.9%

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 28.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Cinematic 9%

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 19.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Dystopian 10.6%

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

Why similar: Noir 41.8%, Point & Click 26.7%, Cinematic 13.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 6.3%

《乌合之罪》是一款校园霸凌复仇X悬疑惊悚恋爱的沉浸式AVG，你（玩家）所饰演的主人公将在与外界彻底断联的诡异孤岛上历经一场极端恶意的厮杀，请找回记忆，推进剧情，抵达十四年前遗落的真相……

Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Psychedelic 16.6%, Cinematic 12.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%

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 21.3%, Psychedelic 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Emotional 10.8%

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.3%

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 16.3%, Dystopian 14.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%

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 35.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Dystopian 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.

Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Point & Click 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%

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 19.1%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Adventure 7.2%, Text-Based 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 35.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Text-Based 9.5%

In a speakeasy backroom, you verify cash paid to a crime family, using tools and guides to spot counterfeits and expose liars. A century ago, the wealthy fled to Mars. Earth is rotting, and the underworld owns New York. With someone you love on the line, there's no room for mistakes

Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Point & Click 17.6%, Dystopian 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%

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 24.9%, Psychedelic 21.2%, Cinematic 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%

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 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Text-Based 8.2%

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 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%

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 26.5%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband

Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Point & Click 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, First-Person 6.3%

"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 33.1%, Psychedelic 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 6.1%, Dark 5.5%

Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game that combines visual novel and adventure elements. Overcome your inner demon, solve puzzles, make tough decisions, and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner battle and take control of the body? It's up to you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%

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

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Point & Click 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.7%

Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!

Why similar: Noir 28.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 13.5%, Cinematic 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Cinematic 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%

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 31.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 7.8%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Gothic 10.9% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

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 23.2%, Point & Click 15%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Text-Based 17%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 10.1%

Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.

Why similar: Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Cinematic 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%

The centennial ritual failed, trapping the United Army inside the Cataclysm. A dark visual novel with Point & Click elements. Explore locations and unite with survivors, gather clues, and make choices to forge a path to the epicenter through madness and death.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Point & Click 17%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

'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 26.8%, Point & Click 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 11%

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 20.4%, Point & Click 20.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%

"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 21.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Dark 8.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%

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 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Click Start is a visual novel about relationships, boundaries, and consequences. Make choices that shape conversations, relationships, and multiple endings—because what matters is not only who you choose, but how you treat others along the way.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Story Rich 9.5%

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 32.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%

For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Point & Click 11.5%, Dystopian 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 17.1%, Cinematic 16.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dystopian 10.2%

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 27.2%, Psychedelic 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Cinematic 10.7%, Text-Based 9.3%

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 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Text-Based 17.8%, Dark 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%