
This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.
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This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.

The Trial
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

恐怖夜話
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.
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%
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: Text-Based 17.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%
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 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%
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Why similar: Text-Based 25.8%, RPG 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Horror 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, RPG 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 8%
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Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 10%
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: Text-Based 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 9%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%
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Why similar: Choices Matter 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
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Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 15.6%, Mystery 8.8%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Choices Matter 18%, RPG 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPG 10.9%
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Why similar: Word Game 22.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 9.6%
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Why similar: Word Game 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 13.3%, Text-Based 12.1%
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 18.3%, Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
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: Text-Based 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, RPG 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, RPG 13%
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
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Why similar: RPG 20.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%
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Why similar: Choices Matter 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 9.9%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, RPG 16%
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Horror 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 10.6%
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Why similar: Word Game 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Roguelike 11.4%
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 11.9%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, RPG 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 14%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Text-Based 17.2%, RPG 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
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Why similar: Word Game 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 9.7%
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 11%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Horror 10.7%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%
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: Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 10.9%
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Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Word Game 18.7%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
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: Text-Based 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
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Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14%, RPG 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Mystery 13.4%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.9%, Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11%
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, RPG 10%
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Text-Based 9%
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: RPG 15%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Horror 8.9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Horror 13%
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, RPG 20.3%, Text-Based 20.3%, Fantasy 8.2%