Games Like The Darkest Emptiness

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 12%, Horror 8.8%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

A short atmospheric visual novel about a teenager who tries to hide from his thoughts and problems. But the longer he avoids reality, the more it distorts around him.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Text-Based 10.1%, Psychological 9.9%

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological 8.6%, Text-Based 8.1%

Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Psychological 10%

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 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Psychological 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychedelic 9.6%

Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Horror 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Text-Based 8.6%

Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Horror 8.9%

This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.

Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological 8.2%, Story Rich 7.5%

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: Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Horror 9.1%

While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.4%, Psychedelic 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

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: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological 11.5%, Horror 9.2%

Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Horror 11.4%, Text-Based 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.3%, Text-Based 14%, Psychedelic 12.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological 12.6%, Psychedelic 7.9%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological 12.6%, Text-Based 9.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Psychological 9.4%, Text-Based 9.4%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Text-Based 21.1%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 5.1%

A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

After a brief wander, at the end of a corridor, you encounter a girl curled up by a door, you can tell that her style is far from ordinary. Perhaps she knows more than you do… Or maybe she’s the reason you’re here. Will she help you? Or maybe you will help her?

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological 9.5%

A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological 11.2%

A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Text-Based 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological 13.7%, Horror 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 9.8%

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Psychological 12%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Text-Based 20.7%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological 15.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Horror 11.2%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological 16.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 10.5%

Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 9.8%, Horror 9.4%

Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological 14%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Story Rich 13.9%, Psychological 10.2%, Dark 8.3%

Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Text-Based 19.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Horror 7.9%, Story Rich 6.5%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychedelic 11%, Text-Based 10.5%, Psychological 9.7%

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Horror 8.6%

A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological 15%, Text-Based 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%

In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 10.4%

우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.

Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological 8.6%

Trapped in a cursed office overnight, you must uncover a hidden password before morning... while reality distorts, blood seeps through the walls, and something watches you. Explore branching paths, face strange encounters, and survive this psychological horror visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Psychological 16.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Horror 10.2%

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: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 22%, Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychedelic 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

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: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological 13.3%, Horror 10.6%

A black-white-red visual novel in the horror genre.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Story Rich 7.3%

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 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Horror 10.7%

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Psychological 8.9%

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: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 9.4%

A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Horror 10.1%

A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.8%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Horror 12%

Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Horror 18.5%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 5.5%

A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Story Rich 10.7%

«Voice over» is a visual novel about millionaire Thomas and a maniac terrorizing the city, made by a girl with bipolar disorder.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Text-Based 15.6%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological 11.5%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Story Rich 9.1%

A mysterious story about the consequences of loneliness and unfulfilled dreams. Help artificial intelligence in the form of a little girl and avoid facing a ruthless monster.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Psychological 12.5%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%