60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, 2D, Gothic, Dark Fantasy.
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
It Paints Me
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
イツワリの令嬢少年
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.
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 30.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 12.2%, Horror 7.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
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 26.7% ★, Romance 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Medieval 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%
A short and (bitter)sweet fairy tale visual novel about first love and longing.
Why similar: Romance 20%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Medieval 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Lore-Rich 9%
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: Visual Novel 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Mystery 10%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Horror 8.8%
Empyreal Dawn is a Gothic Fantasy Adventure where you lead a party named Caeruleum. Accompanied by the Swordsmaiden Alice Starwell, undertake your first steps toward becoming legendary heroes! Featuring full voice acting, an original soundtrack, and more!
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?
Why similar: Gothic 31.4% ★, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Horror 7%
A dark yuri horror visual novel set in a crumbling Gothic castle. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
Why similar: Gothic 23.7% ★, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Medieval 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
After you are unable to find a patron to provide you with a magic bond, you stumble into the abandoned temple of the Passion goddess - with four patrons waiting for you. Yet, as you grow closer to gaining magic, something else is drawn to this power...
Why similar: Gothic 22.4% ★, Romance 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Emotional 7.3%
Coffee Coffin is a gothic narrative café simulation game.Seven lost souls, seven deadly sins, seven obsessions — you will talk with the dead, listen to their stories, and brew coffees that symbolize redemption, guiding them to let go and move on. All dialogue is generated by AI in real time.
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Point & Click 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Medieval 7.9%
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
Why similar: Gothic 20.7% ★, Medieval 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 35.8% ★, Point & Click 15.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%
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 28.9% ★, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 8.7%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 29.7% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 13.8%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
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 29.9% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 8.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...
Why similar: Gothic 32.1% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Medieval 13%, Mystery 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Gothic 32.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Emotional 9.4%
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 27.1% ★, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Horror 8.9%
Manage an inn for travelers seeking refuge before nightfall. Interact with diverse guests, each harboring their own secrets. Your choices can forge or fracture relationships, uncovering hidden truths along the way. But beware – the real threat may be hiding among your guests.
Why similar: Gothic 33.2% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
Dreaming Blue is a romance visual novel set in a world of shrine gods and spirits. The protagonist is a woman in her mid-to-late twenties meeting different supernatural beings while on a mission to break her curse.
Why similar: Romance 23.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Gothic 32.1% ★, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Horror 7.1%
Even if you bear no Grudge, your Grudge was surely born. Explore the abandoned house at 77 Oleander, search for your wallet, keys, and phone, and above all else... try not to forget again the next time she tells you to leave.
Why similar: Gothic 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Gothic 24% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 39.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Horror 7.2%, Emotional 5%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Emotional 10.4%, Romance 9.9%
Blossoms of Eternity by JAYBE GAMES is a thrilling time-travel saga in which Kuro, Miyu, and Aihara must confront not only their own feelings, but also power-hungry witches who can literally turn reality upside down.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Romance 11.4%, Emotional 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%
If you crossed a vampire, would you protect humanity or embrace the blood? Guide Mark Delaware's choices in this visual novel as he navigates this dangerous world.
Why similar: Gothic 26.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Romance 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure where nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and uneasy choices await. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, it’s the long-awaited return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Gothic 29.3% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Horror 8.4%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Medieval 9.1%
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Mystery 13.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 11%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, Romance 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
Guide the misanthropic witch Morrigan as she creates a homemade friend of her very own in this short and sweet sapphic visual novel!
Why similar: Gothic 22.1% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Emotional 7.2%
Tears of Sulfuria is an emotional visual novel about two sisters in a dark fantasy world that rejects them. Marília and Adka must survive at any cost—and their choices may scar Sulfuria itself. Sacrifice yourself, lose your sanity, and do the unforgivable to move forward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Emotional 10.1%
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
Why similar: Gothic 33.6% ★, Point & Click 10.7%, Medieval 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
Every choice you make brings you closer to Death. Dive into death, spirits, and your subconscious in this gothic fantasy visual novel told in six thrilling parts. (Parts 2-6 in development)
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%
A witch soars into the night to save her beloved cat… but dark magic always comes with a price.
Why similar: Gothic 42.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Horror 12%, Medieval 10.8%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
Cursed paths, dead ruins, and whispers in the dark. Every click leads you deeper, opens new paths, and leaves a mark on you.
Why similar: Gothic 27.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Medieval 9.4%
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Why similar: Gothic 26.8% ★, Romance 18.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Emotional 9.4%
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Gothic 25.9% ★, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 8.1%
Summona Realm is a simple visual novel that uses a map-based system to navigate the story. The game gives the feel of black and white Japanese manga.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Point & Click 18.4%, Medieval 14.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%
After immediately being caught in your mission to kill a corrupted king, you must earn the trust of the king's court and spare yourself from execution. However, the longer you stay, the clearer it becomes there is something much darker is lurking in the castle - and latching onto your own mind.
Why similar: Romance 22.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Medieval 16.2%, Horror 11.5%, Lore-Rich 6.9%
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 16.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Gothic 28.1% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Point & Click 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
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 30% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Horror 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Mystery 7.5%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 29.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Medieval 12.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Gothic 27.8% ★, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Horror 9.9%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Gothic 21.7% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Horror 8.9%
A Gothic fantasy tale of loneliness, dark secrets, and the search for a cure.
Why similar: Gothic 46.5% ★, Visual Novel 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Emotional 9.3%, Fantasy 4.7%
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 26.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
This is an adventure game with dialog and multiple endings.
Why similar: Gothic 30.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Medieval 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Emotional 10%
The Cost of Salvation is a story-rich adventure about a being created to preserve the world’s balance. Awaken across centuries, form fragile bonds, and face the weight of sacrifice in a journey through time, memory, and the meaning of life itself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.2%, Emotional 12.9%, Mystery 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Medieval 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 18.6%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Point & Click 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
When a woodcutter is hired to map the ancient forest of Ethrna, a mysterious substance called ■■■■■ shatters his reality. Face a world of forgotten memories and a past that shouldn't exist...? Can Phabius find the truth within his mind?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Medieval 12.7%, Mystery 12%, Hand-drawn 10%
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 38.3% ★, Mystery 14.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Choices Matter 8%, Point & Click 8%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 40.5% ★, Mystery 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Horror 11.9%, Point & Click 7.9%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Gothic 38.5% ★, Point & Click 25.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Romance 18%, Mystery 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Horror 10.5%
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
Not Involved. Vermillion is a narrative-driven action game with a craft system. Diagnose patients, collect ingredients, prepare mixtures and try to save the whole village.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
