60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich.
The Collection is a gothic interactive narrative game.Play as a taxidermist mouse who collects loneliness, entering a long abandoned house. Scroll, click, and drag to advance the story.Charcoal art style, original soundtrack, full voice acting. Best with headphones in the dark.
Ghost Simulator
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
It Paints Me
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 62.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, RPG 12.8%, Text-Based 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 48.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 40.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.
Why similar: Gothic 49.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 7.7%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Dark Fantasy 23.8%, Hand-drawn 19%, RPG 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 8.3%
这是一部暗黑童话百合视觉小说。世界陷入永恒黑夜，白发少女辛芙拉目睹潮水淹没故乡，无家可归的她踏上了寻找庇护所的旅途。途中，辛芙拉从树上救下了金发女仆玛丽。两人一同前往高塔避难，并逐渐揭开世界陷入永恒黑夜的真相。
Why similar: Gothic 53.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, RPG 8.4%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Gothic 24.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.5%, RPG 13.7%, Text-Based 9.3%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 38.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Text-Based 10.2%
Old school, rich with lore, and made with love. Experience a linear gothic story with carefully handwritten prose. Play either as an action RPG or visual novel. Your Weaver journey starts here.
Why similar: Gothic 49.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 24.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8%, RPG 4.3%
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 43.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%
A Gothic fantasy tale of loneliness, dark secrets, and the search for a cure.
Why similar: Gothic 61.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
Why similar: Gothic 44.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Hand-drawn 15%, Visual Novel 12.3%, RPG 9.4%
Step into the dark and unforgiving world of vampires and have the course of your life changed forever. Experience a Rich Narrative Experience with gothic horror, distinct protagonists, interesting characters, and varied locations.
Why similar: Gothic 51% ★, Immersive 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Dracula has been resurrected in modern nights Los Angeles. Separated from his home by oceans and time itself, he must come to grips with a new world while his survival hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Gothic 39.7% ★, Immersive 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
Rei, a protagonist who has become a ghost, and Chris, a mysterious girl who cannot speak. Switch between their forms and unique abilities as you journey through a secret world inhabited by extinct creatures in this cute yet slightly unsettling gothic exploration adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 60.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, RPG 11.9%, Text-Based 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 43.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14%, Visual Novel 8.7%
Leviathan receives an order from the Fortress: infiltrate Pandemonium and eliminate Wrath, the ruthless traitor. Prove yourself, sea dragon. (Short adventure RPG / visual novel)
Why similar: Gothic 31.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, RPG 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Gothic 39.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 20%, RPG 11.6%, Text-Based 6%
Manage a hotel straddling the border between worlds. Use deduction to identify Eldritch guests, solve abstract puzzles, and manage staff to survive the weekly Chaos invasion. A dark humor management sim where you must keep the hotel running... and your sanity intact.
Why similar: Gothic 55.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 26.3%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Simulation 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Illustrated text-based RPG featuring a unique magic system. Develop skills, tend relations. Navigate complex social structures. Explore themes of identity and allegiance.
Why similar: Gothic 31.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Visual Novel 8.6%
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Gothic 51.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Simulation 3.3%
The world has been abandoned by its gods and is scarred from the rampage of the Titans. Humanity is struggling to regain strength. You, however, have more pressing concerns: your own life has been shattered and you must set off to reclaim what is lost amidst the darkness spreading throughout the world.
Why similar: Gothic 65.6% ★, RPG 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Embark on a enchanting visual novel where every choice shapes destiny. Guide the Princess of Lust through dream realms, exploring the delicate balance between love and desire. Immerse yourself in a mesmerizing fantasy adventure where your decisions truly matter.
Why similar: Gothic 38.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A first-person gothic adventure where you drive a horse-drawn cart through plague-ridden Transylvania alongside an immortal woman, exploring forgotten places, battling desperate foes, uncovering ancient secrets, and searching for the legendary Count Saint Germain.
Why similar: Immersive 41.4% ★, Gothic 35.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, RPG 5.1%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 45.2% ★, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, 2D Platformer 10%
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Gothic 36% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Fall in love with your worst enemy in this gothic vampire romance BL visual novel about two men pushed to the edges of society learning to trust each other.
Why similar: Gothic 51.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
A kingdom enslaved by dark magic. Green altars control the people. Escape captivity, break the curse, and defeat the traitor who seized the throne in this retro-styled dark fantasy adventure.
Why similar: Gothic 51.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 29.5%, RPG 11.6%, Dynamic Narration 7.8% ★
Autumn 1881 - deep in the Thuringian forests lies the village of Rabenfels. From here a new epidemic spread over the whole country. You are a young doctor sent by the Imperial Office of Disease to investigate the origin of this mysterious disease.
Why similar: Gothic 68.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
An otome game that isn't quite otome — or simply, a visual novel. A modern gothic story of dreams, writing, and death. Multi-POV. You are the protagonist—a sleepwalker, a writer, and one bound by a promise to the dead. Please be sure to read the content guide and notes.
Why similar: Gothic 69.8% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Gothic 66.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, RPG 10.8%, Crafting 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Crimson Grace is a supernatural Gothic horror RPG where your skills, dice rolls, and choices decide the terrible fate of the Blackwell household. Will you weave a web of lies and get away with murder, or will you give in to the otherworldly forces urging you to take your sweet, bloody revenge?
Why similar: Gothic 63.3% ★, RPG 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Matchmaking for Ghosts is an atmospheric visual novel with horror elements and themes of love and loss, built around a unique multi-protagonist system that lets players experience the afterlife through the eyes of every ghost. Match ghosts together for love, or for chaos. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Gothic 58.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Simulation 2.5%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Dark Fantasy 34.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, RPG 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Isernsmith is a gothic, crafting-heavy, RPG where you have to explore dungeons, gather resources, and forge new weapons and tools to overcome a tyrannical order that rules through dark forces.
Why similar: Gothic 50.3% ★, RPG 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Text-Based 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
Starry Night Tea Party is an asymmetric pursuit game. Play as a Guest, search for clues, brew useful items, and escape the Dream; or take the role of the Demon, draw from a deck of unique cards, hunt the Guests, and harvest their Fear. Multiplayer is in development.
Why similar: Gothic 80.2% ★, RPG 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
The Deadlands, is a haunting journey of vengeance. Conquer undead horrors, face formidable bosses, and harness their souls to save your son from an evil necromancer. Pixel art meets gothic aesthetic in this intense, captivating platformer/2D side scroller.
Why similar: Gothic 61.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 28.6%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 57.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 18%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 42.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
《终焉与珑同行》是一段几乎没有剧情的故事。 没有宏伟的冒险、没有奇迹，也没有命运交错。只有在清晨和黄昏之间，反复走过同一段日子。 一起吃饭、说话、沉默，偶尔争吵，偶尔又因为无聊的事笑得喘不过气。 像温水一样的生活，平凡到几乎透明，却又真实得让人想逃。 你总觉得再这样下去，世界也不会改变。但心里某处却在轻轻提醒你——这样下去，不会太久了。 不是因为发生了什么，而是因为什么都不会发生了。 她不会告诉你原因，你也不会问。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 14.8%, 2D Platformer 11.1%
A hand-drawn gothic 2D action-platformer. Fight through surreal dream worlds with precise sai combat, magical scepters and strange powers, uncover buried memories, and decide whether Obscura wakes—or loses herself in the dream.
Why similar: Gothic 51.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 20.4%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Dive into a ruined world devastated by the gods. Ceraphic Requiem is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania with a demanding combat system. Master elemental magic combos, unravel the mysteries of the decay, and impose your will in the final moments of a moribund world.
Why similar: Gothic 50.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, RPG 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 79.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Death is searching for a successor. To claim his mantle, you must judge the souls of the dead during a surprisingly short, strange and unsettling job interview where every choice shapes the fate of humanity, including your own.
Why similar: Gothic 43.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.7%, Hand-drawn 17%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 4.2%
You ended up in an ancient shrine and now you have to figure out what is going on here. Meet the girls living here and show them the power of your "artifact".
Why similar: Gothic 40% ★, Dark Fantasy 21%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Visual Novel 11%, RPG 8.8%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 44% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
In a plague-devastated world, return as the Plague Doctor to a cursed city, recruit survivors and hunters, fight grotesque foes in a free to play rpg-roguelite. Randomized runs, perks, and a twisted fairytale art direction.
Why similar: Gothic 66.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 22.8%, RPG 9.4%, Singleplayer 1%
Face the last challenge - determine destiny! A new threat casts its shadow over the Southern Isles. A mysterious demon, consumed by hatred, terrifies the population and pools his force against the coastal city of Setarrif. The dramatic situation exacerbates after a volcanic eruption in the mountains nearby.
Why similar: Gothic 58% ★, RPG 39.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
You've played this game before. It's a haunted game about a haunted game. You may not remember, but the game remembers you. I remember you.
Why similar: Gothic 39.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, RPG 10.8%, Text-Based 10.4%
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, RPG 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 13.1%
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
Why similar: Gothic 34.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, RPG 7.3%
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Gothic 45.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%
A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.
Why similar: Gothic 36.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Simulation 5.2%
Welcome to RAZORE CITY – a desolate, grim metropolis with one big problem: DEMONS. Control your own Razore City denizen as you investigate bizarre happenings around the city and track down the mastermind behind it all in this narrative-based RPG!
Why similar: Gothic 52.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, RPG 9.9%
Heavy doors open and you're swept into the surreal world of Prison X, an infamous Bolivian jail in the Neo-Andean underworld. As you navigate amongst devils, saints, wicked characters, corrupt prison guards and even a Western filmmaker; hold onto your soul so La Diabla doesn't snatch it away.
Why similar: Immersive 50.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, RPG 5.3%
A gothic dark fantasy action RPG in a torchlit forest where you see only what your light touches. Throw knives and pull them back out of the corpse, burn wolf packs with molotovs, and swing steel when they close. Make sure you are prepared, for the beast at the end shows no mercy
Why similar: Gothic 63% ★, Dark Fantasy 29.8%, RPG 6.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Embark on a thrilling journey in this text-based RPG, where every decision shapes your fate. Dive into a richly woven narrative filled with mystery and intrigue, where each step forward brings you closer to uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Gothic 43.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, RPG 8.2%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Gothic 32.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 9.1%
