- #1 The Fog
97% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Horizon Games
Windows
Open your way across a dark open world and fight against what lives within the fog and beyond. The Fog is a survival horror game inspired on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 69% ★, Dark 9.2%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Adventure 3.4%
- #2 Bobok
96% matchVery Positive93% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Secta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
Why similar: Based On A Novel 57% ★, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark Humor 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Horror 6.9%
- #3 The Sculptor
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 21% ★, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dark 11.4%
- #4 The 39 Steps
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,612 reviews2013
Dev: The Story MechanicsPub: The Secret Experiment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 68.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 2.7%, Horror 2.4%
- #5 Reigns: Three Kingdoms
93% matchMixed53% of 362 reviews2024
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Swipe through military negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances and recruit soldiers to fight in turn-based card battles in this historical epic.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 40.3% ★, Card Game 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #6 Snooze: A Choice
92% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Meat
Windows
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 29.5% ★, Psychological Horror 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.3%
- #7 ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Experimental 16.5%, Abstract 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #8 Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition
91% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: InscapePub: GMedia
Windows
Originally released as The Dark Eye, this 1995 cult classic adapts Edgar Allan Poe's most macabre tales. Navigate a nightmarish world of uncanny stop-motion puppetry narrated by William S. Burroughs. Solve twisted puzzles and experience madness through the eyes of both murderer and victim.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 58.4% ★, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 7.7%, Dark 7.4%, Abstract 7.2%
- #9 The Metamorphosis
90% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Izmir Games Collective
Windows
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 62.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Dark 6.4%, Story Rich 5%
- #10 Contra Spem Spero
89% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
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: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #11 The Forest of Doom (Standalone)
89% matchVery Positive81% of 307 reviews2014
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are the hero in Forest of Doom! Explore the sinister Darkwood Forest in the digital Fighting Fantasy Standalone version of Ian Livingstone's classic RPG gamebook!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 77.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #12 Colossals
88% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Isaac BirchmierPub: If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, LLC
Windows
Colossals tells the story of a vagrant, who, together with his love interest, the soon-to-be-Empress Khalida, interpret the fairy tales they read in front of a windmill to be fact, telling them of a faraway land where, once upon a time, giants roamed.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 72.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Story Rich 6.3%, 2D 2.9%, Adventure 1.8%
- #13 Cryptic Tales - Crossroads
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innervation Bros
Windows
Jon’s dreams were filled with music and a love life he once had. Now they’ve curdled into nightmares, weaving between memories and unknown realms. Set in the '90s, this immersive first-person psychological walking simulator follows Jon as he realizes… something is stalking him.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Conspiracy 13.9% ★, Horror 13.8%, Dark 13.2%
- #14 ESCAPE: Orphanage
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 32.6% ★, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Horror 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #15 Letters of Bernard Thorne
84% matchVery Positive98% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Horror 13.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #16 Reborn
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Horror 11.1%
- #17 The Appraiser
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Chip-off
Windows
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Experimental 24%, Narrative 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Horror 7.5%
- #18 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,003 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Based On A Novel 61.8% ★, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Dark 5.8%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #19 Maximilien — A Psychological Horror Interactive Novel
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Dupuy
Windows · Linux
Interactive psychological horror novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your grip on reality. Your choices shape a branching narrative where your mental state influences what you see and the paths that open before you. 5 routes, 8 endings, 15 to 20 hours of reading.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Narrative 19.5% ★, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #20 The Lost Legends of Redwall™: Escape the Gloomer
82% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Soma Games
Windows · Mac
Lost Legends of Redwall: Escape the Gloomer is based on Mossflower, one of the NYT bestselling Redwall™ books by Brian Jacques, with over 35 million copies sold. Set in the caverns and catacombs of Kotir Castle, you guide Gillig the fledgling otter as you build your story.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 70.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #21 Octopus City Blues
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ghost in a Bottle
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #22 Creepy Support
78% matchVery Positive90% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Narrative 15.8% ★, Dark Humor 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #23 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
81% matchVery Positive92% of 7,579 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 56.9% ★, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 3.7%
- #24 Before They Catch Us
79% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Dark 9.9%
- #25 Mother Seed
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RTWarner
Windows
Mother Seed is a fixed-camera point and click psychological horror game about identity collapse, loss of bodily autonomy, and horrified fascination. A woman inhabits a universe where nothing makes sense and something beyond her understanding keeps driving her forward.
Why similar: Experimental 39.2%, Narrative 20% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9%
- #26 Condition Unknown
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Narrative 22.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Horror 9.7%
- #27 Veins of DARKNESS
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Langonier
Windows
Veins of DARKNESS is a first-person horror game. The hero is an ordinary shift worker. During a business trip, his company rented him a house on the outskirts. But no one knew what evil was hiding in this godforsaken place.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 56.3% ★, Conspiracy 12.7% ★, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #28 REST STOP
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ant Parade Interactive LLC
Windows
Alone at a highway rest stop in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains, the night breeze begins to caress your cheek. The scent of wet pine whispers that you’re home. The taste of iron in your mouth reminds you that you can’t stay here forever.
Why similar: Narrative 22.6% ★, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 14.8%, Abstract 10.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #29 Sally Face - Episode One
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 28,581 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #30 Membrane
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noe Abc
Windows
I had lost all contact with my sister when she suddenly called me from a Tokyo suburb consumed by the Membrane, a curse that blurs the line between nightmares and reality. Fight shadows and your own fears in this psychological horror exploration game.
Why similar: Experimental 35.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Exploration 7.3%
- #31 Confinio: Reality Prison
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dark 11.1%
- #32 次元探索簿
75% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: 次元之旅企划
Windows
Adventure Book in Dimension is a turn-based RPG based on the novel Wonderful Dimensional Journey. In the game, you as a new member of the human wizard team "Tribal Clan", experience the main adventure story of the "Tribal Clan" in a magic book given by your predecessors.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 62.8% ★, Card Game 15.1%, Abstract 9.2%, Story Rich 4.6%, Exploration 3.6%
- #33 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
74% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dark Humor 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #34 Room 337
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Dark 8.8%
- #35 Silent Numbers
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio T12
Windows
A promising facility has fallen to ruin, yet experiments continue to torment. Traverse the depths, restore minds turned into code. Troubleshoot repression, live to see tomorrow.
Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, Psychological Horror 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Horror 11.3%, Dark Humor 10.3%
- #36 낙화 -falling flower-
73% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: DO NOT TOUCH
Windows
"I have to defeat the Demon King and return home cursed."
Why similar: Difficult 28.5%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #37 ESSOMENIC
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRYGD Interactive
Windows · Linux
You are the surgeon navigating patients' memories via crude, retro machinery, under the command of a strange, occult organization. Keep your patients alive long enough to uncover your exact role in this surreal mess of an operation.
Why similar: Experimental 27.2%, Narrative 18.7% ★, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Conspiracy 15.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #38 The Ballad Singer
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: Curtel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Ballad Singer is an asymmetric adventure, inspired by RPGs and game books, where you can experience many dynamic stories. Forge the fate of Hesperia through the stories of four different adventurers in a fantasy world completely illustrated and narrated.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 56.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 6%
- #39 Sunflower Pie
72% matchVery Positive82% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 28%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Abstract 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Horror 11.5%
- #40 ISKRA
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sons of Welder
Windows
You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subconscious.
Why similar: Experimental 30.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Abstract 13%, Horror 12.4%
- #41 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,839 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Experimental 24.2%, Card Game 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.6%
- #42 Lawless: Blood and Dust
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BuzzedMen Studio
Windows
An intense third-person action-adventure set in rural India. Engage in brutal combat, explore a vibrant and raw open world while navigating a gripping narrative of power, survival, and moral choices.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 82.7% ★, Choices Matter 8.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Adventure 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #43 A Christmas Carol: But With Anime Girls
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Hallinan Labs
Windows
Read the Charles Dickens' classic... but with Anime Girls.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 90.7% ★, Story Rich 7.3%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Witchlight Woods
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Choices Matter 16%, Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #45 Vampire: The Masquerade - Oaths & Ashes
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Revive The Spark
Windows
Two vampires — an ambitious Kindred and a wretched Thinblood. Their fates clash in this Visual Novel set in the World of Darkness, where your arsenal extends beyond just words — from political machinations to forbidden Alchemy. Claw your way to power and leave your bitemarks on Berlin's underworld.
Why similar: Narrative 24.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #46 Disturbed
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,872 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Difficult 17.4%, Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark 13.6%
- #47 Channel 4 Midnight
67% matchVery Positive88% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: foolkien
Windows
A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Horror 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Dark 7.6%
- #48 Beso's Shawarma
67% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Mtatsminda Studio
Windows
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Narrative 20.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Horror 11.3%
- #49 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Horror 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Dark 9.9%
- #50 TELEFORUM
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,537 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Experimental 23.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #51 Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tachycardia Games
Windows
Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.
Why similar: Narrative 36.2% ★, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 7.4%
- #52 10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
69% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Elliot HerrimanPub: 10mg
Windows · Mac
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Why similar: Experimental 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Horror 16.7%, Narrative 15.5% ★, Psychological Horror 12%
- #53 The Fall Visual Novel
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Tales Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
Why similar: Experimental 28.1%, Abstract 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Horror 8.6%
- #54 Orwell's Animal Farm
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: NerialPub: The Dairymen
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Orwell’s Animal Farm is a text-based choice-driven narrative game where all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Immerse yourself in George Orwell's story of absolute power and corruption and follow the ups and downs of Animalism.
Why similar: Based On A Novel 59% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #55 Parasite in Love
66% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.9%
- #56 Little Misfortune
66% matchVery Positive92% of 14,094 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 10.6%