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  1. #1 Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
    97% matchVery Positive91% of 710 reviews2020
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Horror 13.3%, Supernatural 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%

  2. #2 Omen Exitio: Plague
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2018
    Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 50.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Casual 3.8%

  3. #3 Parasite in Love
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Night Asobu
    Windows

    Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Romance 16.5%, Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%

  4. #4 You Will (Not) Remain
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 2,523 reviews2022
    Dev: Bedtime PhobiasPub: No way, we're indie baby of course we don't have a publisher
    Windows

    You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Horror 13.4%, RPG 9.5%, Casual 3.3%

  5. #5 The Outcast Lovers
    94% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2020
    Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Horror 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Casual 6.9%

  6. #6 The Fog Knows Your Name
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2019
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.

    Why similar: Romance 38.1%, RPG 24.8%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Indie 5.3%

  7. #7 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
    93% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

    You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.2%, Horror 35.9%, RPG 16.9%

  8. #8 Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
    92% matchVery Positive95% of 315 reviews2021
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?

    Why similar: RPG 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Casual 11.9%, Text-Based 9.3%

  9. #9 A House of Many Doors
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 431 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel Trickery
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Horror 15.4%, RPG 10.5%, Text-Based 3.7%

  10. #10 S.O.V: Passenger 23
    90% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: IGNUS NEX ENTERTAINMENT
    Windows

    A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.6%, Horror 43.6%, Indie 4.5%, RPG 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  11. #11 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2025
    Dev: Fiction Factory Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.3%, Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Text-Based 6%

  12. #12 Heart of the House
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, RPG 27.5%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Indie 5.3%

  13. #13 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
    88% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2026
    Dev: Lunaticker
    Windows

    A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion.

    Why similar: Romance 58.4%, Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  14. #14 Life Eater
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2024
    Dev: Strange Scaffold
    Windows

    If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Horror 17.2%, Supernatural 10.1%, Text-Based 7.4%

  15. #15 This Book Is A Dungeon
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 290 reviews2015
    Dev: Nathan MeunierPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 45.2%, Horror 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Indie 4.3%

  16. #16 Cabernet
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 1,924 reviews2025
    Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Romance 19.6%, Horror 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%

  17. #17 An Outcry
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2022
    Dev: Quinn K.
    Windows

    A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, RPG 19.3%, Horror 14.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%

  18. #18 Trapped with Jester
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
    Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Horror 19%, Text-Based 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  19. #19 Homicipher
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
    Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Horror 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Text-Based 9.8%

  20. #20 Zombie Exodus
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 167 reviews2015
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.7%, RPG 27.8%, Text-Based 26.6%, Indie 4.9%

  21. #21 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

    Why similar: Horror 44%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

  22. #22 I live under your house.
    83% matchVery Positive82% of 305 reviews2022
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    You are a monster under someone's house.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Horror 28.7%, RPG 13.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

  23. #23 Love Alone Death
    81% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows · Mac

    Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

    Why similar: Romance 37.9%, Horror 27.5%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  24. #24 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
    80% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
    Dev: DeluCat Productions
    Windows

    You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Horror 23.8%, Romance 21.2%, RPG 17%, Multiple Endings 5.6%

  25. #25 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

    There is a monster living in your apartment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.9%, RPG 21.5%, Supernatural 17.3%, Text-Based 12.3%

  26. #26 Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
    81% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, RPG 15.7%, Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 9.6%

  27. #27 Hydrangea
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2024
    Dev: Meiri Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Romance 19.1%, Horror 14.1%, Casual 7.7%

  28. #28 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Horror 19.5%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%

  29. #29 Subway Exorcist Girl
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 304 reviews2025
    Dev: 纤指游戏Pub: Delicate Fingers
    Windows

    A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.3%, Horror 26.5%, RPG 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  30. #30 Second Thoughts
    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: Gestmorph Games
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, Horror 21.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 12.1%

  31. #31 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
    77% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Horror 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 10.5%

  32. #32 my eyes deceive
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 830 reviews2024
    Dev: nouhidev
    Windows

    Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.4%, Horror 21.2%, RPG 20%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 2.9%

  33. #33 Homicipher: Demo
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
    Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Horror 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Text-Based 9.8%

  34. #34 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Romance 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Supernatural 11.2%, RPG 10.6%

  35. #35 Blood Lily Loop
    76% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
    Windows

    Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 43%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Horror 14.6%, Supernatural 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  36. #36 Dread Weight
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 177 reviews2024
    Dev: Deer Dream Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.

    Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Casual 9.4%

  37. #37 Loop//Error
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Horror 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11%

  38. #38 Endoparasitic 2
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 616 reviews2024
    Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 68.1%, Horror 30.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  39. #39 The Deadseat
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 reviews2025
    Dev: Curious Fox Sox
    Windows

    A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

    Why similar: Horror 60%, Supernatural 30%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 4.7%

  40. #40 The Price Of Flesh
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,072 reviews2022
    Dev: Gatobob
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Horror 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 10.4%

  41. #41 Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2023
    Dev: PureIceBlue
    Windows

    While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.

    Why similar: Horror 54.3%, Multiple Endings 23.6%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Singleplayer 2%

  42. #42 SkullX: Aibohphobia
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: SkullX
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.9%, RPG 29.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  43. #43 Interactive Horror Stories
    74% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
    Dev: Aslan Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Horror 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 8.4%

  44. #44 Choice of the Deathless
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, RPG 17.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Indie 3.3%

  45. #45 No, I'm not a Human
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
    Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

    Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Casual 7%, Indie 4.5%

  46. #46 Voyager-19
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 941 reviews2024
    Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.1%, Horror 38.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 0.6%

  47. #47 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2018
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, RPG 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Romance 17.7%, Text-Based 11%

  48. #48 PAGER
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2025
    Dev: bilge
    Windows

    You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

    Why similar: Horror 73.6%, Choices Matter 26.4%

  49. #49 The Golden Rose: Book One
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 17.7%, Casual 11%, Text-Based 9.1%

  50. #50 The Repairing Mantis
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
    Dev: Erupting Avocado
    Windows

    The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

    Why similar: Horror 61.9%, Choices Matter 20%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Indie 0.9%

  51. #51 The Night Market
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2023
    Dev: Zinnia DemitassePub: Lamplight Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Welcome to the Night Market. Survive your journey while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Fall in love, explore a world with rich characters, and try to save the realm.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Romance 26.4%, RPG 15%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Text-Based 7.7%

  52. #52 WORLD OF HORROR
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
    Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.3%, Horror 30%, RPG 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  53. #53 The motel
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 127 reviews2025
    Dev: Aura studios
    Windows

    Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Horror 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  54. #54 IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 166 reviews2025
    Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
    Windows

    You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.

    Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Choices Matter 25.4%, Supernatural 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  55. #55 Saihate Station
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, RPG 17%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  56. #56 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 186 reviews2026
    Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
    Windows

    "Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Horror 22.9%, Supernatural 19.9%, RPG 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

  57. #57 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 369 reviews2023
    Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.8%, Horror 28.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Indie 2.5%

  58. #58 Backspace Backspace Backspace
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Blue Tango Street
    Windows · Mac

    In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.9%, Horror 30.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

  59. #59 Stars Die
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2020
    Dev: Eric Juvi
    Windows

    A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 62.1%, Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Singleplayer 0.2%

  60. #60 Subway Midnight
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
    Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!

    Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Supernatural 25.9%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 16.6%

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