Games Like The Hunter's Journals - Return to Wight Chapel

From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!

Why similar: Gothic 13% ★, Text-Based 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Lovecraftian 8.3%

A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.

Why similar: Gothic 13.3% ★, Text-Based 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Lovecraftian 8.7%

Revisit the case which made you a legend among your peers.

Why similar: Gothic 13.2% ★, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Steampunk 10.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Steampunk 11.9% ★, Gothic 10.7% ★

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 36.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Horror 8.8%

"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 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Text-Based 9.7%

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 18% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%

A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.

Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lovecraftian 11%, Dark Fantasy 8%

CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Text-Based 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%

These monsters aren’t just in the movies! Will you hunt the vampires, werewolves and others stalking Hollywood, or will you become a monster instead? An interactive, text-based game set in the World of Darkness shared story universe.

Why similar: Gothic 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark 8.2%

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 20.4% ★, Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dark 7.4%

A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Supernatural 6.3%

It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Dark 8.5%, Horror 7.5%

Try again, as many times as it takes, to change the ending. You might be able to save everyone you couldn’t before. • Indie horror game • Playtime: approx. 2 hours • Graphics, dialogue, and the feel of the world change with each playthrough • Contains heavy themes

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Horror 9.7%

Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Why similar: Gothic 20.7% ★, Lovecraftian 20.5%, Steampunk 16.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark 8.8%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Gothic 19.4% ★, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%

It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

Why similar: Gothic 18.2% ★, Lovecraftian 13.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dark 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%

Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Text-Based 35.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Adventure 6%

Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Investigation 7.4%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Gothic 16.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%

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: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 8.6%, Mystery 6.9%

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 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Dark 10%

Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Steampunk 15.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%

A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dark 11.6%

Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Text-Based 25.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

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 28.4%, Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Horror 11.4%, Adventure 8.8%

A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.

Why similar: Gothic 27% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dark 7.5%

A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Investigation 9.7%, Mystery 5.9%

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Horror 11.4%

Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.

Why similar: Gothic 15.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 10.3%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Dark 10.6%

Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Horror 12.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%, Adventure 6.3%

The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...

Why similar: Gothic 26.2% ★, Lovecraftian 17.1%, Investigation 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Horror 8.3%

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 26.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%

Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Investigation 9.9%

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 21.4% ★, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%

Dark, surreal point-and-click text adventure inspired by the poetics of Dark Souls. Guide the Wanderer through ruins and tombs in a purgatorial world.

Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Gothic 20.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Adventure 9.5%

Evernoth is a psychological horror game where you explore mysterious locations filled with chilling secrets. Navigate distorted corridors, face terrifying monsters, and unlock new abilities as you unravel haunting mysteries across dark worlds.

Why similar: Gothic 29.2% ★, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dark 10%, Horror 8.5%

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 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Dark 17.3%, Horror 14.6%, Adventure 6.5%

A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Dark 9.8%

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 44% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Morhval: Ravenglaire is a dark fantasy text RPG about survival, choice and consequence. Create your character, explore a fractured province, fight turn-based battles, pass skill checks, help the desperate or abandon them, and decide who deserves to survive.

Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%

An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Investigation 12.3%

An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.

Why similar: Gothic 30.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 9.4%

A psychological horror game set in a forgotten village. Solve environmental puzzles and uncover the truth behind Ethan’s crumbling mind trapped between memory and madness.

Why similar: Gothic 24.1% ★, Text-Based 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Dark 8.9%, Supernatural 8.1%

Immersed yourself in an interactive story with multiples choices, in the style of "choose your own Adventure book" (CYOA).Will you be able to survive ?Probably not!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 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 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Horror 8%

When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Horror 8.1%

Piece together your memories and reveal the truth in this minimalistic Lovecraftian tale of symbols and sentences.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Gothic 22.1% ★, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 8%

Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 11.1%, Supernatural 9%

RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Gothic 25.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Dark 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

What lurks in the darkest corners of the mansion? Westmark Manor is a journey into the occult, a mind-bending survival horror game, with a heavy focus on solving puzzles and exploration, inspired by the formidable H.P. Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Adventure 20.2%, Gothic 16.6% ★, Dark 13.8%, Mystery 8.7%

Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Horror 9.1%

A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Investigation 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%

Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Dark Fantasy 24.2%, Adventure 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Dark 9.6%, Horror 9.4%

You will play a hexfinder in the employ of Queen Charlotte’s Anglican Church, tasked with seeking out the witches and warlocks (colloquially known as hexcrafters) who threaten her fair nation. A story-rich, text-based RPG, Hexfinder is a supernatural alt-historical adventure!

Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Investigation 10.4%

Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Text-Based 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Adventure 9.9%