Games Like The Lanterne of Light

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: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Gothic 10.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Demons 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13%, Demons 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Gothic 10.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%

You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.

Why similar: Gothic 16.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.4%

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 11.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

Wanna join our nightmarish dream?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Emotional 9.1%

A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%

You're an eldritch in love with your angel. A glutton in love. You may be a mass of vines and branches but you have a confession to make. Somehow, you must find a way. (A darker sequel to Seraphim Slum.)

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?

Why similar: Gothic 14.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Demons 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%

"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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Gothic 13.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Demons 11.9%

Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 8.8%, Lore-Rich 8.2%

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: Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Gothic 9.3% ★

All the women in Levy have disappeared. Why did they leave in bare feet? Discover their story along with 680 CGs and 11 unique endings in this apocalyptic visual novel.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Gothic 9.6% ★, Choices Matter 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Horror 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 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%

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 18.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Horror 8.5%

Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Lovecraftian 23.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Horror 12.4%

A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17%, Demons 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Demons 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%

Aristocrat Evan Alford receives a mysterious invitation to the fair and comes to a small village on the outskirts of the country. The village seems strange and painfully familiar, but Evan has never been here. In addition, other guests of the fair are not as simple as it seems.

Why similar: Gothic 13.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Demons 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?

Why similar: Gothic 14.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 8.9%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

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: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Dark 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

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: Lovecraftian 17.5%, Gothic 11.8% ★, Demons 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%

Step into the world of Banishing You, a visual novel where choices shape your journey. Accept a mysterious invitation to a dream realm full of enigmatic characters and challenges. Navigate passive-aggressive comments, flirtatious strangers, and unravel a quest that could save or doom both worlds.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 9.3%, Dark 8.3%

Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%

A theologically spicy visual novel about a trans man loving the artistic process a little too literally. Fight across a branching 250,000 word storyline, dozens of watercolor illustrations, and 9 endings. Can Lee win his freedom before his captor meta-stasizes deep into his personal narrative?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

"Sanguis: Veil of the Forgotten" is a mystery-horror visual novel. Follow the main character as he uncovers the dark secrets of a world that has always been under his nose. Dive into the murky tale, accompanied by a hundred-piece musical score and a wealth of artwork.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%

A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%

A Long Dark Night is a Lovecraftian narrative-driven game. Navigate the stormy Gulf of Maine, unraveling the truth behind your family's past. Explore a beautiful seaside, shape the narrative with your choices, and confront shocking revelations in this gripping story, taking place at sea.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

In this dark visual novel, discover what led the apprentice witch, Hazel, to her untimely demise. There is, however, a chance for her to cheat death. Can you find her happy ending with one of two love interests - Tori the tough paladin, or Sasha the deceiving assassin?

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%

Punish the little bastard demon and being punished too! Cemo-Summoning Adventure Game

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Demons 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

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: Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Horror 11.8%

An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Demons 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%

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: Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%

Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Demons 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%

A post-apocalyptic horror fantasy visual novel about a never-ending winter night and humanity persisting.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Lovecraftian 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%

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 15.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

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: Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%

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 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Horror 8.5%

A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...

Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11.6%

For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark 11.3%, Anime 10.4%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Horror 9.8%

A horror-fantasy visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 9.5%

In 1960s USA, Jane Ferguson, a New York restaurant owner, receives an information on her CIA agent husband Mark, who had vanished mysteriously during a Tibet mission. To uncover his hidden secrets, she follows his trail, delving into the enigma of his disappearance.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Demons 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.2%

Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 12.1%

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

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Gothic 15.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%