60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Dark.
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Whisperstring
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
Echoes
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Horror 9%, Dark 7.8%, Text-Based 7.8%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Text-Based 7.6%, Dark 7.4%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.5%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
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: Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Horror 13.3%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.6%, Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 8.5%
The Evil Mouse is a short linear story psychological horror game about guilt and memory. You discover a strange program on your computer that pulls you into a haunted house. Inside waits Lucy, a girl asking for help, and the evil mouse, who will do anything to keep you out.
Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dark 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Psychedelic 16.6%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
You arrive home and notice that something very bad has happened to your wife.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Investigation 11.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Emotional 9.8%
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.2%, Text-Based 7.2%
Choose paths, click and destroy your mouse, survive and get disturbing endings! You control Daiane, a werecat radio host who must survive a deeply cursed cannibal family and Charkelene Chan, a massive, vengeful red maned wolf animatronic in this Horror Visual Novel!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychedelic 12%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Dark 11%
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: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.7%
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Horror 16.1%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Text-Based 13.7%
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual Social Media! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Horror 12.3%, Investigation 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychedelic 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 11.4%
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 15%, Text-Based 12.5%
A psychological horror you never see — you read it. Blind and deaf, you sense an arctic station through a neural implant: text, smell, touch. Quarantine rules say only one person may leave their cabin at a time. You are out. Five bodies are found by morning.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Investigation 9.4%
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Horror 16.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Dark 11.8%
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Dark 16%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Horror 10.3%
You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subconscious.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Psychedelic 11.9%
A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.
Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Dark 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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: Psychedelic 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10.6%
A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychedelic 15%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dark 13.3%, Text-Based 10.3%, Minimalist 10%
Every soul seeks absolution, yet not each deserves it. SALVARE is a psychological horror game where you step into the worn cassock of a young Catholic priest, burdened with hearing the confessions of those who come seeking God's mercy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Emotional 12%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 15%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
What do you play? I play nothing!
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Minimalist 8.8%
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 9.8%, Dark 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%
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 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Dark 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Horror 10.5%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychedelic 12%
Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Text-Based 13%, Dark 10.9%, Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
A psychological horror interactive fiction focused on atmosphere, investigation, and player choices. Explore an unsettling environment where every decision shapes the story and the truth behind a disturbing presence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Atmospheric 11%
Crazy and strange town. Mysterious events. A hero with multiple personality disorder. Laughter, tears and madness!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.4%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dark 11.2%
Wanna join our nightmarish dream?
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 12%, Emotional 11.5%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Investigation 5.5%
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Dark 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
You must organize a funeral in a remote location while witnessing strange events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Horror 16.6%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%
You see them in your dreams, only you can solve the riddle. Immerse yourself in crime, fantasy, horror events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Psychedelic 22.3%, Casual 9.3%, Dark 9.2%, Adventure 8.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Text-Based 8.9%, Dark 7.2%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Logic 8.8%
A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules already at work. No branches or bad endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Horror 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Text-Based 8.2%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 11.6%
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Text-Based 10.8%
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: Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dark 10.9%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.8%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 10.1%
