Games Like The Ghost

Her ex-boyfriend became a shut-in. The girl goes to visit him... then things start to go wrong. They always do, right? Experience two stories about digital gods and loss. And remember - believe in the net.

Why similar: Experimental 41.4%, Visual Novel 30%, Dark 24.5%, Indie 4.1%

Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.

Why similar: Experimental 57.9%, Dark 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Do you like music? Do you like video games? Well, I don't really care, because either way you are going to like our soundtrack. It has over 30 minutes of original music on it, it features uninterrupted listening and 2 full songs that are exclusive only to the OST and cannot be found anywhere else.

Why similar: Experimental 70.4%, Text-Based 26.7%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Welcome to Jessica’s Choices – Series of Events. In this multiple-choice visual novel, you choose what happens. Out of the five possible starting points, she could be a student, looking for a new job, tangled up in a mess of revenge, a criminal defence attorney or going to the gym.

Why similar: Text-Based 38.1%, Visual Novel 33.4%, Dark 24.7%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Escape rooms are fun! But Escape Knox Manor asks the question what if you were actually kidnapped? And what if you had to escape a mansion? Find out now!

Why similar: Experimental 72.9%, Dark 24.1%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

The Triennale Game Collection is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 21st International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.

Why similar: Experimental 92.8%, Indie 7.2%

This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

Why similar: Experimental 48.8%, Cinematic 22.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Dark 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

As an Inkslinger at Brassknee's renowned Wordshop, it's your job to write letters for the citizens of Isle Shammer. But through the veil of work lies forgotten trauma. A voice begins to speak to you in recurring daydreams, telling you about your tragic past in Nomania.

Why similar: Experimental 42.5%, Text-Based 27.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Experimental 39.6%, Text-Based 22.1%, Dark 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Indie 3.1%

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: Experimental 42.9%, Text-Based 21.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Dark 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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 43.6%, Text-Based 21%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark 13.3%, Indie 1.1%

BAPTISM is a short kinetic novel about a madman, a child, and a lake.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Dark 41.3%, Indie 11.8%

“A ~10 minutes experimental interactive experience about guilt and war and dream”

Why similar: Experimental 50.5%, Cinematic 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dark 11.2%, Indie 1%

The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.

Why similar: Experimental 43.9%, Text-Based 29.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 8.8%, Indie 2.8%

A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.

Why similar: Experimental 52.7%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1%

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: Cinematic 27.7%, Visual Novel 26%, Text-Based 25.1%, Dark 18.7%, Indie 1.6%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Text-Based 35%, Dark 22.2%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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: Experimental 40%, Dark 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 16.8%, Indie 1.7%

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: Experimental 47%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Text-Based 21.7%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Memoir En Code: Reissue is an autobiographical game album. Designed to be experienced similarly to a music album, this short experimental game explores different bits of the author's life as a series of interactive tracks.

Why similar: Experimental 87.3%, Indie 12.7%

When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.

Why similar: Text-Based 51.4%, Visual Novel 45.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

『꿈을 빼앗긴 남자 - 드림 인베이더』는 노벨 게임에 논리 퍼즐이 혼합된 게임입니다.

Why similar: Text-Based 43.1%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Dark 25.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.8%

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: Experimental 51.7%, Text-Based 26.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%

A man-eating monster wakes up, in a snowy night. He meets a mysterious girl willing to die. This omnibus novel game tells the story of the strange interaction between them.

Why similar: Text-Based 39.3%, Visual Novel 36.1%, Dark 20.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Experimental 53.2%, Text-Based 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Indie 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

“A meteorite will fall in three days. That's why I want to commit suicide proactively before then.” The girl who told me this upon our first meeting was someone I encountered on the school rooftop—a place that should have been off-limits.

Why similar: Text-Based 50.9%, Visual Novel 40.8%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

이 지옥 같은 현실을 바꿀 수만 있다면…몇십 번, 몇 백번이라도 기꺼이 죽어주마!

Why similar: Text-Based 42.1%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Dark 25.5%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.

Why similar: Experimental 65.2%, Dark 25.8%, Cinematic 4.6%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1%

A short narrative visual novel about procrastination, family, and the inner dialogue of a creative person. A story about how delaying decisions slowly erodes a life.

Why similar: Experimental 33.8%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Dark 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Indie 1.4%

Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.

Why similar: Experimental 32.4%, Dark 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 21.2%, Indie 1.4%

An interactive psychological horror drama.

Why similar: Experimental 47.1%, Dark 18.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Cinematic 15.2%, Indie 2.5%

Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building. To escape, they must identify the mastermind by vote—choose wrong, and someone is executed. Each student has a unique supernatural power. Uncover the truth and reveal the mastermind.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.7%, Dark 32.8%, Text-Based 27.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Beacon 2010 is a short science fiction visual novel that, with the development of technology, humanity has embarked on an interstellar exploration. The story originates from a super jump project

Why similar: Text-Based 51%, Visual Novel 41.1%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%

"AQK" is a job interview simulation game where you, a job seeker, face off against a series of eccentric interviewers in pursuit of that coveted job offer.

Why similar: Text-Based 50.7%, Visual Novel 43.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.7%

A short Visual-Novel, made with Artificial-Inteligence art, about a party of adventurers on a medieval setting.

Why similar: Experimental 38.5%, Text-Based 25.1%, Cinematic 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%

I arrived in the land of Mongolia to capture the Mongolian Death Worm. To capture my beloved Mongolian Death Worm and save our Mongolian Death Worm Capture Department from extinction. ◆Game Introduction This is a visual novel style visual novel game. The estimated playing time is about 1 hour.

Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Cinematic 25.2%, Dark 19%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Enter a living novel in VR. Embark on an atmospheric journey of mystery, unease, and humor, where every page pulls you deeper into the unknown.

Why similar: Experimental 47.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 15.9%, Dark 14.5%, Indie 2.6%

Julian Luxemburg has prepared a dinner for two at his place – but things go awry when the date does not show up and he is left waiting at his dinner table, the clock’s ticking growing unbearably loud. „Dinner Date” is the character portrait of Julian: by becoming his subconsciousness you gain a clear vantage point on the worries which...

Why similar: Experimental 89%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

A collection of 5 experimental games from different indie devs that takes you on a journey through time!

Why similar: Experimental 73.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 1%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 53.9%, Dark 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

幽霊のために、何ができるの

Why similar: Text-Based 51%, Visual Novel 43.5%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Wiggly Boy is a sobering look at the power of your computer.

Why similar: Experimental 74.2%, Dark 23.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

Why similar: Experimental 29.2%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Dark 21.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Indie 1.8%

"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?

Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Visual Novel 33%, Cinematic 29.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%

❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Experimental 50.9%, Text-Based 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1.1%

A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.

Why similar: Experimental 40.6%, Text-Based 22%, Dark 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

I wish this moment could be forever. Yuto Habu, the hero with nothing to show for it, met the camera-toting heroine He meets the heroine, Nazuna Fukamachi, who has a camera, on a bridge with a beautiful view by chance.

Why similar: Cinematic 48.9%, Visual Novel 44.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 2.8%

"Disease" is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre. The Yellow Man pierces the night in search of a new victim. Can you stop him before it's too late?

Why similar: Cinematic 31.9%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 23.5%, Dark 12.9%, Indie 3.8%

【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Text-Based 46.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2.9%

A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions. This is a horror text adventure with no jump scares—no loud noises or grotesque surprises—designed for a safe and tension-focused experience.

Why similar: Text-Based 44.5%, Dark 36.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

A man wakes up in Heaven.

Why similar: Experimental 57.8%, Text-Based 39.5%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.

Why similar: Text-Based 36.3%, Visual Novel 32.5%, Dark 25%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

Why similar: Experimental 54.6%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Dark 21.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%

“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.

Why similar: Experimental 48.4%, Text-Based 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

A short visual novel inspired from the works by the masters of Japanese cinema: Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Gosha.

Why similar: Cinematic 34.8%, Visual Novel 31.9%, Text-Based 30.1%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

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: Experimental 36%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Dark 16.7%, Indie 2%

Embark on a psychedelic 30 minute VR journey into a mysterious universe of alien architecture, populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols.

Why similar: Experimental 50.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dark 16%, Cinematic 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A short visual novel about an endless shift at a garment factory. Wonder what gets you liquidated faster: corruption, naivety, or immorality? Industrial melancholy, where nothing goes unpunished.

Why similar: Cinematic 36.1%, Visual Novel 33.4%, Dark 28.2%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A chilling mix of horror and pleasure— A short horror x femdom ADV where the “White Woman” approaches from the phone booth. Includes skin variations (pale, tan, blue) and full voice. All erotic scenes are non-reversible. Optional gag mode for those afraid of horror!

Why similar: Text-Based 39%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Dark 25.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 2.9%

Fairy Deer is a kinetic thriller visual novel. Make your way deep into the terrifying Forest in search of the sole pathway to happiness—the mythical Fairy Deer.

Why similar: Text-Based 43%, Visual Novel 34.8%, Dark 19.3%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%