60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Text-Based, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction.
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.
Omen Exitio: Plague
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Dystopian 19.2%, Philosophical 10.3%, Text-Based 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Piece together your memories. Reveal the truth. A minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols, sentences, and quiet discovery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Dystopian 16.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Surreal 6.7%
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Dystopian 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Philosophical 12.3%, Minimalist 9.3%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Dystopian 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.9%
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.1%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel Essay Game
Why similar: Dystopian 29%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%
All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Philosophical 11.1%
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Dystopian 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.6%, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
In this post-apocalyptic visual novel about a twisted "fairytale" romance in a corrupted world, choose between betrayal and sacrifice. Fully animated with Live 2D-style illustrations.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Atmospheric 6%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.6%, Dystopian 16%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
SILICON WASTELAND is a kinetic visual novel set during the twilight years of humanity, and follows the wandering android Silica, as she explores the beautiful and sometimes frightening wonders of the world in a small quest to discover her purpose.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 7%
The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dystopian 16.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.5%, Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Story Rich 6.3%, Puzzle 3.4%
The Last Station is a visual novel. It's loneliness. This is the absence of a second attempt. It's the lack of happy endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Choices Matter 3.8%
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dystopian 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Visual Novel 7.9%
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship—told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Dystopian 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Surreal 7.6%
Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Philosophical 19.6%, Text-Based 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
“An ADV of eternity and changeless” A world dominated by “Cruel Spring” - a phenomenon that human will become “Sacrifice” if not keep moving. Only the boy and the girl, they have “Eternal Body”, go on a journey. The endless steps seem to be a happy changeless, but can't be the same forever...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, Philosophical 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
"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 19.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
In a blasted world teeming with undead, a barkeep and a young girl run the Time's End Tavern, a lone oasis amidst this barren wasteland. In a desolate landscape ravaged by Zombies and Raiders, that one drink they love, and a few kind words, help everyone remember why it's all worth it.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Dystopian 17%, Text-Based 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
This is a dystopian soft sci-fi game. One day, you and your family received a flyer from the community to watch a movie for free. Your family has already set off, and you arrived later – but you find out that they are not there. After that, you discover the untold secrets of the medium of "video".
Why similar: Dystopian 24.7%, Lovecraftian 20.5%, Philosophical 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%
In a surreal audition purgatory, how long will you wait to be chosen?
Why similar: Dystopian 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Surreal 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%
A short visual novel about mysticism in a post-soviet town with several endings and interactive elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, Minimalist 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Philosophical 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Atmospheric 7%
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 36.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
On a secret arctic research base, a scientist, soldier, AI, and eldritch beast struggle for happiness. A short visual novel about love and pain set in an alternate history where humanity is ruled by eldritch gods.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Philosophical 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%
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: Text-Based 23.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Help the scientist manage the routine tasks of an indoor farm in a cold, lonely world. Together, you can keep the farm running and maybe do a little bit of good for humanity. A short and atmospheric visual novel.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.4%, Visual Novel 30%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 7.4%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Philosophical 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Surreal 9%
A post-apocalyptic horror fantasy visual novel about a never-ending winter night and humanity persisting.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Lovecraftian 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Dystopian 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 10%
As the new Street Overseer, every decision you make in this dystopian choice game carries weight. Enforce the rules, help the desperate, or exploit the people’s suffering for personal gain. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Dystopian 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Dystopian 21%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Dystopian 29.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Philosophical 17.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Dystopian 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Casual 6.7%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.4%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Philosophical 10.7%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Dystopian 24.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Dystopian 29.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
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 44.5%, Dystopian 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Surreal 5.1%
A visual novel with multiple endings
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Philosophical 11.8%
A visual novel about a dystopian country and the things survivors must do to stay alive... The happiest country in the world is now in ruins and only a few remain alive. This couldn't get any worse...
Why similar: Dystopian 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Surreal 9.9%, Story Rich 7%
