Games Like Sterile Childhood: Case 17

Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.7%

A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize

Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12%

Kidnapped by an insane man and dragged into a dark crypt, your only choice is to play along with his twisted games or suffer the consequences for non-compliance. A thrilling text-based interactive fiction game!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.

Why similar: Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Mystery 9.9%

A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Investigation 9.8%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%

My parents sacrificed an orphan to the red egg. She came back home that night. How will the two of us survive the hunger? Good Children Say Grace.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Mystery 8.9%

After being interviewed by a mysterious individual you find yourself thrown head first into a new town. Not long after you find the day you've spent there is repeating! You're stuck in an inescapable loop! Will you find a way out, or will you be forced to relive the same day over and over again?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Lore-Rich 17%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Text-Based 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Text-Based 9.5%

A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 10.8%

A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

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%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%

A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%

Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Psychological Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

Whispers of Yashan is a card-based RPG that weaves ancient Chinese folklore with chilling urban legends. In an era where superstitious tales have faded, journey through Yashan City's oldest structure and reawaken long-forgotten myths. Investigate, uncover mysteries, and challenge fate.

Why similar: Card Battler 19.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Text-Based 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Text-Based 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.6%, Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%

A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 9.9%

A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%

A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Narrative-adventure game where you contain "anomalies" secretly and prevent the world’s end. Influenced by the "SCP Foundation" and "Cthulhu Mythos," the game offers a blend of unease and curiosity as you delve into a bizarre and disturbing world, eventually uncovering hidden truths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

A Tabletop role-playing game-style card game adventure that delves into the mysteries of the Cthulhu Mythos. You play card games, grow your skills by interacting with people, get information by exploring, and solve the mythical incidents by unraveling the secrets hidden in the cards.

Why similar: Card Battler 19.5%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 12.6%

A game that you'll never forget! Memory Lane is a turned based RPG about taking names. Literally.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Investigation 12.1%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Convince the cannibals not to eat you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Lore-Rich 8.2%

WHEN THE CROW SINGS is an adventure mystery game with a focus on exploration, characters, and world building, featuring a cast of diverse survivors trying to keep the status quo as their compound life grows more complicated and dangerous.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Choices Matter 10%

A story-rich strategy game where you protect a boy stranded on a collapsing utopian vessel. Use your mysterious device to assign protocols and restore the Astral Ark, or spend them to help the boy. Uncover the Ark’s secrets, the boy’s origins, and his mission. Then decide their future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%

A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%

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: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%

Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Dystopian 11.7%, Text-Based 11.7%

Power Up is a single-player narrative/strategy game where you experience corporate life and grow stronger by defeating your bosses in strategic card battles. In each chapter, meet different coworkers, complete your company tasks, challenge your bosses, and RISE!

Why similar: Card Battler 21.1%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Mystery 9.8%

A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.

Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Text-Based 10.6%

Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%

Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Dystopian 11.8%, Story Rich 9.8%

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: Lore-Rich 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%

A claustrophobic horror game taking place in an elevator.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Dystopian 10.2%

A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Lore-Rich 12.4%

It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Lore-Rich 20.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Investigation 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Text-Based 9.5%

A horror visual novel where you take on the role of a spy delving into the memories of others to find dirt on a sinister biocorporation. Not for children or the easily disturbed.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Investigation 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 11.3%

Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%

Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Investigation 16.1%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Mystery 11.3%