60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction, Exploration.
Escape the shady brackwater swamp together with the Professor and the Captn in a small Cutter, in a short, text-heavy, linear Horror-Adventure (without Jumpscares).
I Promise
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Sunray OS
You just bought a PC, only to discover it once belonged to someone who has mysteriously disappeared. You soon realize that the key to find him may be hidden deep inside your OS, governed by a weird chatbot named Zippy. What will be your first move?
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Narration 22.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Exploration 12%, Linear 7.8%
You just bought a PC, only to discover it once belonged to someone who has mysteriously disappeared. You soon realize that the key to find him may be hidden deep inside your OS, governed by a weird chatbot named Zippy. What will be your first move?
Why similar: Narration 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 8.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Narration 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Exploration 16.9%, Adventure 4.3%
Alex Miller, a writer seeking inspiration, rented a remote cabin in the woods. It was supposed to be the perfect retreat: peace, nature, no distractions. But soon he notices strange things - objects move, mysterious notes appear. Someone seems to be sharing his presence without him knowing it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Narration 25.4%, Horror 12%, 3D 8.8%, Story Rich 5.2%
UnSeen : you won't see death coming. A first person horror game about immersion, where truth and madness are never far away. Be careful... fear is on your feet.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Narration 23.1%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 13.4%, Mystery 7.6%
Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Visual Novel 22%, Exploration 14.9%, Linear 6.6%, Mystery 5.4%
A short Psychological Horror Experience for one night that takes you through the dark corridors of a mental asylum. For best experience a dark room and headphones recommended.
Why similar: Narration 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Horror 14%, Exploration 13.5%, Linear 7.8%
Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.
Why similar: Narration 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Horror 16.6%, Exploration 13.8%, Linear 6.6%
Drive through the world as a famous author in this upcoming free narrative game. Manage your fuel (coffee) and figure out how to navigate with no GPS and a broken radio. Meet a host of interesting characters and don’t forget to LOOK BEHIND YOU.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Horror 12%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 6.1%
This is the Last Time is a minimalist first-person narrative game with a dark and heavy atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.3%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 11.8%, 3D 9.6%, Linear 8.9%
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Narration 25.2%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 9.3%, Linear 4.7%
On Halloween night, explore your neighborhood and solve puzzles with weird mobile apps, as strange events start to occur.
Why similar: Narration 41.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Top-Down 6.5%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Mystery 6.8%
An abandoned house. A trapped child. And something lurking in the corridors. A short point-and-click horror experience (20–30 minutes).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Horror 15.5%, Narration 15%, Exploration 8.6%, Mystery 6.6%
A short psychological horror adventure about living in a house with a fridge that seems empty, but it's not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Exploration 17.5%, Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
A short comedic horror adventure where you investigate the mystery of a piano that won’t stop growing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Exploration 20.8%, Horror 15.3%, 3D 10.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Narration 21.4%, Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 7.1%
StepSense is a tense minimalist horror game where sound is survival. Explore a dark bunker to rescue abandoned micro-robots. Avoid high-voltage wires and listen for proximity mines. When the alarms trip, don't look back—sprint toward the green exit light. One misstep will cost your life.
Why similar: Narration 23.7%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Exploration 19.6%, Horror 13.4%, 3D 9.2%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Exploration 12%, Linear 8.7%
Nightmare Getaway is a first-person psychological horror where Ethan is trapped in a twisted house. Alone, he must survive, uncover dark secrets, and face nightmares that blur with reality. Will he escape or be consumed forever?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Narration 22.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Horror 9.2%, Linear 7.1%
A first-person psychological horror game about identity and what you give up to keep going. Something has been watching people long enough to build a copy of ordinary life. There is no combat and nothing chasing you. The horror is that it is paying attention.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Lovecraftian 13.4%, Exploration 11.1%, 3D 9.9%, Adventure 9.3%
Immerse yourself in the depressing and atmospheric city of Hlína, where, as a young boy named Oliver, you face the harsh realities of life. Work in a factory, care for your mother, play mini-games, and uncover a deep story in this hand-crafted city.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Horror 12.8%, 3D 7.7%, Linear 7.6%
Help solve the mystery of the moonlit mansion in this classic fixed camera horror puzzle game inspired by the art styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The Lunar Effect takes its protagonist on a dark and unfamiliar path but be warned, sometimes when one stares into the moon, the moon stares back
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Lovecraftian 12.8%, Horror 12%, Linear 8.8%
Vollema is a hand-drawn, color-changing RPG featuring a unique pattern memorization-based combat system where you and your classmates uncover a sinister plot involving your school, local politics, and a cult-like paramilitary organization.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Linear 8.5%, Stylized 8.2%
Connor, a single father, visits a memory-restoration clinic in order to relive the days he had with his estranged son Bry. Experience what’s left of his past as he gets to relive his cherished memories and routine joys, while keeping away from the disturbing truth lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narration 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Horror 7.4%
Racing against time, a guy wanders around a graveyard on the middle of nowhere, searching for something that may break a deadly curse. Among murders and secrets, only darkness is certain.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Exploration 19.7%, Horror 16%, 3D 9.7%, Story Rich 5.3%
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Exploration 17.7%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Horror 11.8%, Linear 8.5%
A psychological thriller where reality and memory collide. Unravel abandonment, depression, and shattered love through mysterious tapes. Dare to face your ghosts...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Narration 29.2%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 1.7%
Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Top-Down 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%
Hidden Nightmares is a horror experience set inside the endless nightmares of a psychiatric patient. Experience the horrors generated by the human mind and wonder if you will ever wake up again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Exploration 17.2%, Narration 16.6%, Horror 9.8%, 3D 9.2%
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Lovecraftian 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Exploration 8%, Horror 7.8%
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Narration 23.5%, Exploration 18.6%, Horror 9.9%, Story Rich 4.9%
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 9%, 3D 7.6%
Horror games have a creepy atmosphere and sudden scares, so many people don't like them. Have you ever wanted to try a horror game but couldn't because you were too scared? This game is designed with maximum consideration for people who don't like horror games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Narration 20.7%, Horror 16.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Top-Down 8.4%
A surveyor breaks into a mysterious and sinister Mansion on Pleasant Street in order to find his missing sister. She was last seen being interviewed by the mansion's young and mysterious Butler.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Narration 22.7%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 11.1%, Horror 11.1%
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 7.1%
"Diatribes" is a poetic VR interactive experience that explores the internal conflicts that arise when we’re confronted with the reality of climate change.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Narration 23.3%, Exploration 17.7%, Linear 8.5%, 3D 7.9%
Project Doll is a Single player, Soft horror, Exploration game set in a rural Japanese school beset by a supernatural curse that has you finding clues, solving puzzles and uncovering the cause of the curse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.4%, Exploration 19.9%, Horror 12%, 3D 10.8%, Linear 10.3%
A survival horror RPG that follows a pair of runaways escaping a hostile nighttime suburbia.
Why similar: Narration 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Dark 8.3%
“Escape Tales: The Awakening” is a haunting narrative puzzle game that plunges you into a world shrouded in darkness and mystery. Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of loss, redemption, and the echoes of a forgotten past based on the well-received escape room card game.
Why similar: Narration 31.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Narration 14%, Stylized 8.4%, Linear 6%
You wake up in an unfamiliar building. You have to get out of here. You go down the stairs and go down the corridor to reach the same stairs again. The world repeats itself over and over, but each time it repeats itself, something changes. Eternal return. Can you escape from this looping world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.2%, Exploration 19.5%, Horror 10.8%, 3D 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Exploration 16.4%, Horror 11.9%, 3D 9.1%, Dark 6.9%
The Grim Nightmare of Nibras is a story with the search for objects in gloomy locations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Stylized 6.9%
A family friendly adventure visual novel that makes reading fun! Accessibility is top of mind with voice-acted read-along narration with friendly fonts for readers with dyslexia. Experience hand drawn art and make important choices to determine how your story unfolds.
Why similar: Narration 36.4%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 8.5%
You would think you cannot get detention in college, yet this is exactly what you got. Instead of a party with your friends, you and your girlfriend are stuck on Friday afternoon in a classroom. Buckle up for a thrilling ride full of unexpected twists and turns in this visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Narration 31.9%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 5.4%
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Narration 28.3%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Mystery 6.3%
Magic and science. Past and future. But what of the present?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Narration 30.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Linear 11.1%, Story Rich 6.2%
A psychological suspense VN set in 19th-century Sicily. Follow a judge who receives anonymous letters predicting the truth behind each case—and is dragged into a series of rigged trials. Behind the flawless testimonies lies the cold truth of those who rule the city.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Top-Down 7.6%
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Horror 6.4%
A touching story and a unique narrative with puzzles.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Exploration 13.4%, Top-Down 12.9%, Stylized 6.3%
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 9.4%, 3D 6.6%
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 6.7%
Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Exploration 15.6%, Adventure 9.1%, 3D 8.2%
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Narration 18.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 8.7%
What is going to be acted before you is——Blossom in the shackles, but deep down in your bone, suspension and romantic.
Why similar: Narration 39%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Adventure 7%, Story Rich 3.7%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Lovecraftian 19.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%
Something is going on in the elevator of your new home.
Why similar: Exploration 30.9%, Horror 21.8%, Linear 17.5%, 3D 14.2%, Adventure 11%
A first-person atmospheric horror experience focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and psychological tension set beneath an abandoned cathedral.
Why similar: Narration 28.5%, Exploration 22.1%, Horror 14.3%, 3D 10.5%, Linear 9%
