Games Like TELEFORUM

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: FMV 19.6% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 11%

Why You'll Like It: Like TELEFORUM, this game uses a digital interface to immerse you in a voyeuristic investigation that quickly turns sinister.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Horror 28.1%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Retro 8.8%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the analog, tape-based horror aesthetic and interface-driven mystery found in TELEFORUM.

Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.

Why similar: FMV 27.6% ★, Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on the manipulation of time and memory through recorded media, echoing the central themes of TELEFORUM.

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal psychological horror game features a unique manual facial expression system that makes every choice feel deeply personal and unsettling.

Parasocial | パラソーシャル is a Japanese horror game about a live streamer.

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the specific 'VHS-horror' vibe and the feeling of being watched that makes TELEFORUM so effective.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Psychological Horror 35.4%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the claustrophobic, media-reliant horror experience where you must navigate an unknown environment through limited, grainy sensors.

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Horror 38.5%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Exploration 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic series excels at the found-footage urban legend style that makes the narrative in TELEFORUM feel so authentic.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Experimental 30.8% ★, Horror 26.2%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Retro 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the low-fi, surreal found-footage aesthetic that makes the world of TELEFORUM feel so grounded yet alien.

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: Experimental 23.5% ★, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 14.7%, Philosophical 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similarly intense, short, and highly psychological visual novel experience that explores the fragility of the human mind.

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the liminal space and found-footage aesthetic that fans of TELEFORUM will find instantly familiar.

A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Exploration 20.6%, Drama 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: As a standout in the Chilla's Art collection, it delivers the same slow-burn, atmospheric urban horror that defines the TELEFORUM experience.

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 25.6%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a walking simulator experience that relies on psychological tension and atmospheric investigation.

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Story Rich 27.2%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven exploration game that focuses on uncovering the secrets of a past life through environmental storytelling.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.8%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends psychological horror with analog technology and tape-based puzzles to create a deeply atmospheric and story-rich experience.

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play indie horror game that captures the same sense of isolation and exploration found in the seed game.

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: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror visual novel focuses on surrealism and deep narrative, mirroring the tone of TELEFORUM.

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Experimental 24% ★, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Philosophical 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental visual novel that leans into psychological discomfort and surreal storytelling.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Adventure 17.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI station interface, providing a unique perspective on a mystery that relies on manipulating cameras and data logs.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Psychological Horror 37.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel-style horror game uses a distinct, retro aesthetic to deliver cosmic dread and branching narrative choices.

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Puzzle 16%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a first-person exploration experience that emphasizes puzzle-solving and horror elements.

A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 16.4%, Drama 13.3%, Puzzle 11%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines interactive fiction and visual novel mechanics to create a mystery-focused horror experience.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Experimental 25.3% ★, Story Rich 16.9%, FMV 15.3% ★, Puzzle 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game uses meta-narrative elements and analog media to hide dark secrets, much like the tape-focused mystery of TELEFORUM.

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D visual novel that uses pixel art to convey a dark, story-rich horror narrative.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.2%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Horror 21.7%, Story Rich 9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It subverts the visual novel genre to deliver a meta-horror experience that challenges the player's perception of the game itself.

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: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Story Rich 12%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Drama 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and story-rich adventure that explores dark, mature themes through a unique artistic lens.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.7%, Horror 32.9%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Retro 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a claustrophobic, psychological horror experience that excels at making the player feel trapped within a narrative mystery.

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Story Rich 10.4%

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: FMV 20.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV game features branching choices and a psychological mystery that keeps the player guessing until the end.

In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33%, Horror 26%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9%

In this psychological horror game about a famous TikToker, you take on the role of her boyfriend to discover that behind their perfect life, nothing is as it seems. Duration 30 minutes.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 20%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Drama 13.5%, Story Rich 9%

Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth.

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Experimental 26.8% ★, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Story Rich 5%

Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

Why similar: FMV 29.6% ★, Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie FMV horror game that explores themes of grief and supernatural occurrences through a visual novel structure.

You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.

Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Multiplayer 25.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Atmospheric 4.3%

YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.3%, Horror 31.8%, Story Rich 17.1%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 6.1%

A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 33.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Visual Novel 30.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Adventure 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%

The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20.6%, Story Rich 11%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%

A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Psychological Horror 29%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Exploration 10%

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%

It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11%

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Why similar: Horror 51.8%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Psychological Horror 4.9%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.7%, Horror 22.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Story Rich 6.4%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Puzzle 8.2%

YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?

Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Multiplayer 17%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 10.3%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 23.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Drama 10.7%, Story Rich 10.3%

A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 24.7%, Hidden Object 15.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.2%

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 9%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Story Rich 17%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.7%, Choices Matter 23.4%, Puzzle 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15.6%

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 21.4%, Drama 12%, Story Rich 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

Why similar: Experimental 21.4% ★, FMV 18.8% ★, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 11.1%

REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.

Why similar: Horror 83.5%, Adventure 16.5%

This is your last day as a worker for a pet feeding service, and depending on how the day goes, your life. Prepare the final meal for a client's odd pet that lives in an abandoned pool all while trying to make it out safely and avoid mistakes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 21.6%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 10.7%

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.4%, Horror 35.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Experimental 35.3% ★, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 8.7%