Games Like The Hunter's Journals - Wight Chapel Dreams

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

Why similar: Gothic 12.9% ★, Steampunk 12.1% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Lovecraftian 9.6%

The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!

Why similar: Gothic 13.2% ★, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Steampunk 10.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

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

Why similar: Gothic 13% ★, Steampunk 12.4% ★, Text-Based 10.6%, Lovecraftian 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

Art imitates life. Horrifying, unclean life.

Why similar: Steampunk 19.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Gothic 9.3% ★

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

Why similar: Steampunk 27.9% ★, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Gothic 18.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Horror 7.3%

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

Why similar: Steampunk 24.6% ★, Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Lovecraftian 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

Why similar: Steampunk 48.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

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 37.3% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Horror 11.4%

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

Why similar: Gothic 19.5% ★, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Thriller 9.5%

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 18.4% ★, Text-Based 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%

"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 20.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Text-Based 10.7%

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 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Horror 9.3%, Thriller 8.9%

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 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 17%, Thriller 6.8%

Fictional short story set in the United Kingdom under a Gothic/Steampunk aesthetic, where a young woman contemplates a discovery that could potentially change the world.

Why similar: Steampunk 38.5% ★, Gothic 25.6% ★, Lovecraftian 24%, Horror 8.4%, Supernatural 3.4%

The player assumes the role of Mary Clarissa Christie. Mary has heterochromia eyes, her right eye is gold while her left eye is blue. She originally had blue eyes but her right eye changed colours one year prior to the game's events and she has been seeing strange visions since.

Why similar: Steampunk 35.4% ★, Gothic 24.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Lovecraftian 9.6%, Text-Based 8.5%

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 31.8%, Text-Based 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Horror 13.9%, Adventure 4.3%

Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Horror 10.9%

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 30.3%, Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%

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 19.8% ★, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Gothic 16.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%

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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Horror 9.6%

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: Thriller 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 10%

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 22.4% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Dark Fantasy 5%

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 36.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Adventure 3.1%

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 24.4%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Mystery 5.6%

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 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Horror 9.8%, Mystery 7.1%

Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Horror 15.4%, Text-Based 7.9%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Gothic 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 17%, Horror 10.3%

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 19.2% ★, Lovecraftian 16.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!

Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Steampunk 14.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 6.6%

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 22.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.5%, Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%

In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?

Why similar: Steampunk 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 5.4%

Nevrosa 2025 is a meticulously crafted VR puzzle/escape room game where players must solve numerous puzzles, battle mysterious creatures, and uncover a new Misty World.

Why similar: Steampunk 32.3% ★, Lovecraftian 24.1%, Gothic 18.5% ★, Investigation 8.9%, Mystery 6.1%

A thriller interactive-fiction audio game. Run from creatures in a grid based fashion style in this ´choose your own adventure´ game. Embark on a treasure hunt to help Marco finding his missing grandfather.

Why similar: Thriller 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Horror 14.1%, Text-Based 9.7%

Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?

Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Thriller 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Mystery 6.6%

Earth's Center of Gravity is a mystic horror visual novel with multiple endings. The story revolves around Tower Antiques. "No one remembers how long Tower Antiques was there. But it remembers everyone. Even the ones who did not visit it yet." Tower Antiques is waiting for you to write your story.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Thriller 16.8%, Lovecraftian 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Horror 11.1%

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 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Text-Based 28.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Unravel the secrets of the Bariton mansion! Take on the mantle of detective in the role of Lucas Usher, and solve the riddles plaguing the ghosts of those left behind! Uncover their secrets and help them find salvation … or damnation.

Why similar: Steampunk 34.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Gothic 18.2% ★, Horror 9.9%, Investigation 6.9%

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: Lovecraftian 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Horror 11.9%, Thriller 10%

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 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 11.6%

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 27.5% ★, Lovecraftian 21%, Investigation 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Horror 11.1%

A text-based cosmic horror adventure game

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 22.4%, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Horror 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%

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 25.7%, Gothic 20.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Why similar: Text-Based 40.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%

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 21.6%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Investigation 11.4%

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 29.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, Mystery 6.6%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Lovecraftian 17.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Horror 8.1%

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 27.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 13%

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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Investigation 9.5%, Mystery 5.7%

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 28.4%, Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Thriller 15.3%, Horror 12%, Investigation 11.9%

A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Thriller 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%

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 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Investigation 9.7%

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: Lovecraftian 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Horror 12%

Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?

Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 3.9%

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 22% ★, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%

In this dark fantasy yuri visual novel, follow the events that lead up to the fateful meeting of two young women. Accompany Sofia, a human revolutionary, and Vlatka, the vampire princess, as they navigate political upheaval, forbidden romance, and the ugliness of war.

Why similar: Steampunk 36% ★, Gothic 21.7% ★, Text-Based 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%

When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.

Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%, Horror 5.5%