Games Like Stiff Neck

A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of gothic psychological horror that shares the deep, introspective, and tragic storytelling found in Stiff Neck.

A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the same blend of psychological horror and female-led narrative in a claustrophobic, unsettling environment.

Step into the shoes of an aspiring author during the Taisho era in this psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel. Travel back in time to try and save your friends while confronting your own character flaws. Will you retreat into your fantasies, or can you keep it together enough to rescue them?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Psychedelic 18.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological 10.1%, Emotional 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a complex, mystery-laden narrative with strong LGBTQ themes and a dark, atmospheric setting.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intensely psychedelic and text-heavy experience that mirrors the surreal, internal struggle of the protagonist.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Psychological 10.3%, Text-Based 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the surreal, psychological exploration of mental health through a unique, text-focused visual novel format.

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that mirrors the introspective and unsettling tone of the seed game.

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Dating Sim 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional choice-based horror game that balances supernatural dread with deep character relationships.

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror title that utilizes surreal imagery to convey a sense of dread.

Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Word Game 16.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven visual novel that centers on LGBTQ themes and female-led storytelling.

WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, queer-centric visual novel that explores the psychological anxieties of adolescence through a dark, supernatural lens.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deeply psychedelic and psychological horror experience with unique mechanics that force you to confront the protagonist's identity.

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Emotional 15%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, RPG 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A time-loop RPG that masterfully combines queer themes with profound psychological exploration and emotional weight.

An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intersection of LGBTQ identity and psychological horror within a choice-driven visual novel format.

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Mystery 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gripping supernatural mystery visual novel that excels at building tension and psychological unease.

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that emphasizes multiple endings and a dark, introspective atmosphere.

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional and intimate visual novel that explores queer relationships with a focus on narrative depth.

Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Word Game 19.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that features strong LGBTQ representation and a complex, mystery-driven plot.

A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Word Game 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends psychological horror with romance and RPG elements, mirroring the genre-bending nature of Stiff Neck.

Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.

Why similar: Psychological 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological horror visual novel that forces difficult moral choices and deep character analysis.

An erotic romantic comedy about social manipulation, crossdressing, and girls tying up other girls. Will the hapless lesbian ladykiller Beast succeed at pretending to be her ruthless twin? By the creators of Analogue: A Hate Story, featuring choice-driven mechanics... and lots of sex.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.4%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Story Rich 6.2%, Choices Matter 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A provocative visual novel that delves into complex social dynamics and psychological tension within a queer narrative framework.

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful psychological adventure that captures a sense of isolation and existential dread.

This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines detective elements with LGBTQ themes and horror to create a compelling, character-driven experience.

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 10%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, emotional visual novel that explores themes of loss and connection.

In the waning years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a rumor circulates about a stone statue that bestows blessings in the mortal realm. Lured by the rumor, Anu and Chu Qingqing, a Xianbei General and her Han captive, are led to Dunhuang to face their fates.

Why similar: Word Game 24%, Psychological 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG-visual novel hybrid that incorporates historical and psychological elements into its narrative.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychological 20.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Emotional 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature psychological horror game that explores themes of trauma and identity with a distinct, surreal art style.

Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Choices Matter 5.7%

A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Dating Sim 9.6%, Text-Based 8.9%, Psychological Horror 6.9%

Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Dating Sim 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that uses choice-based mechanics to explore dark, character-focused themes.

——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中，诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华，歌舞升平，却难以看到那，被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好，残酷的真相。生者的思念，亡者的祝福。所以，你要止步当前，还是深究一切？

Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 10%, Dating Sim 9.9%

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 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based simulation that uses multiple endings to explore themes of loneliness and psychological struggle.

《千面》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作时间线十年之后，聆花女子学院中的“优等生”与“不良少女”间的甜蜜纠葛。

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.2%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, RPG 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the emotional complexities of queer romance within a visual novel structure.

On a rainy night, it's all up to you whether to show love or be cruel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Psychedelic 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.

Why similar: Word Game 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Emotional 9.9%

A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Psychological 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy visual novel that explores the internal life of its female protagonist through a dark, atmospheric lens.

"Problem Child" me, Class Heartthrob her—two lines that should never cross collided through a series of coincidences, shattering my monochrome world. Crave her eyes on me alone, crave her world with me alone. The once-pure admiration begins to twist...

Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%

Murders quietly upend May's life. A strange husband, a reckless courier, a dutiful officer—reality and hallucination blur together. In this narrative adventure of food, intimacy, and death, make choices as May and reach her ending. If she can still tell what she's eaten from what she's loved...

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dating Sim 9.4%

Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 14%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Psychological 10.8%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Text-Based 21.2%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 10.2%

A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Crime 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 8.6%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33%, Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%

Hickory dickory dock. The city's deep in sleep. The clock's ticking. The sheep's bouncing. Hickory dickory dock. The girl tosses again, only with more things swarming into her head... In this Point & Click puzzle game "Insomnia", the show in the head is rolling on again. Alas, any sleep tonight...

Why similar: Psychological 26%, Text-Based 19.6%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Stylized 11.4%

Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Emotional 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Crime 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 11.7%

slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Female Protagonist 13.5%

investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.

Why similar: Word Game 36.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Text-Based 12.6%

A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Text-Based 15%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%

In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.

Why similar: Word Game 18.6%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Crime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Psychological 9.4%

Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Mystery 11%, Emotional 9.2%

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: Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 12%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Psychological 9.2%

All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10%

Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Crime 12.7%, Dating Sim 11.8%

"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.

Why similar: Word Game 22%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Emotional 8.1%

Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%