- #1 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #2 There Is No Next Stop
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #3 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #4 IA
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #5 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
94% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Text-Based 11.4%, Emotional 8.9%
- #6 To Be With You
94% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #7 슬픈 가족사 - 산장으로부터의 탈출
93% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Psychological 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #8 Heart of mobius
92% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 18.7%, Emotional 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #9 Hazy Mind
91% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #10 The Shame of a Daydreamer
91% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Micki
Windows
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Emotional 11.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #11 Worn Out
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #12 Tears of Sulfuria
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bird Lilac
Windows
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: Psychological 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 13%, Emotional 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #13 Regrets
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Emotional 18%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #14 Backspace Backspace Backspace
88% 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: Psychological 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #15 3Paths
87% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #16 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Psychological 10.6%
- #17 Pet
86% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #18 Penrose
85% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #19 The Dreamwalkers
84% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
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 15.3%, Emotional 13.4%, Psychological 12.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #20 The Darkest Emptiness
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological 16%, Text-Based 14.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #21 BBirthday - Visual Novel
84% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #22 致,我亲爱的
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Swallecho
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative-driven psychological horror visual novel. Player's choices lead to distinct emotional paths and story outcomes. "You" navigate a shifting consciousness, making choices within fragmented scenes that buried memories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Emotional 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #23 Prism
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gazpins
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Psychological 10.3%
- #24 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 15.9%, Psychological 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #25 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #26 After the Stream Went Dark
78% matchPositive91% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Joe Kerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological 15.6%, Emotional 12.8%, Drama 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #27 Alex's Journey to the Grave
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two people meet in a strange, critical moment; changing their lives forever. An intimate visual novel exploring the nature of love, fate, tragedy, and the will to live on.
Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Emotional 14.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #28 Not It: Spookiest Edition
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #29 Return to Ash
77% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Emotional 17.3%, Psychological 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #30 Open Spaces SE
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #31 KORA
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 9.1%, Text-Based 9%
- #32 Melancholic Night
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Witches Hat
Windows
A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Drama 10.1%
- #33 AmaTisMo
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VegetinES
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Drama 11.4%
- #34 Bound Between Desks
75% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #35 SPRKLS.exe
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PesiiDom
Windows
⟢ SPRKLS.exe is a cute, melancholic story-driven adventure that unfolds entirely on YOUR desktop 𓂃˗ˏˋ⟢ 𓂅 ࣪⟡̵͝ ₊ ೃ̶͂ ࿔̶̽⟡̷͛*⋆ [EMOTION OVERRIDE] ࿐̵̋⟡̸̂ ࣪ ˖༄̶̀ ✦̵͗ [YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS] ⋆.˚ ̴̡̢̛̼̬̠̰̀͟҉̢C͊͊ ༘⋆ [PLEASE DON’T CLOSE ME AGAIN] ⟡̷͛ ˖𓏲ּ𝄢 ⟡̵̂ ִֶָ 𓂃⊹
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #36 Demonophobia Company
75% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Psychological 10%
- #37 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Emotional 6.5%
- #38 Quiet Classroom
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MothLight Games
Windows
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 15.8%, Emotional 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #39 Deep Inside: Amore sola mi fa remirare
73% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: banyalaplace
Windows
An old fashioned RPG Horror Game. Venture into the mansion, investigate the truth behind the fire. The deeper you delve into the mistery, the more choices you will have when everything will unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Psychological 18.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #40 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Seoul in the 21st Century
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seoul Hitchhiker Studio
Windows
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 17.6%, Emotional 16%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #41 Endless Summer Syndrome
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerrix
Windows · Linux
You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #42 Moonless Moon
71% matchVery Positive92% of 314 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #43 時折記 -Tokioriki-
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological 18.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Emotional 11.5%
- #44 Re:Metamorphosis Candina
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 矢澤 豆太郎Pub: ヨアケラボ
Windows
All girls can transform with candy. A short branching visual novel about a mysterious candy shop and the girls who go there. What candy will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #45 Thorner
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
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 21.5%, Psychological Horror 19%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #46 Reborn
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #47 Victorian Debutante
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Emotional 10.5%
- #48 Silverblood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidehead Studios
Windows
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: Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #49 葦原のアニマ
68% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: July Lab.
Windows · Mac
This is a narrative-driven adventure game in which you dive into another’s nightmare and intervene in the source of the anomaly. As Homura, a hunter, you explore the dreams of a girl who has lost her memory, and experience a story where nightmares and reality begin to overlap.
Why similar: Psychological 26.9%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%
- #50 Room 337
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Emotional 14.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #51 Deigon Witch
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Berk Arifoglu
Windows
Open your own potion shop in Deigon Forest. Listen to your customers’ stories, prepare the potions they need, and, through the choices you make, forge your own path in the struggle between fate and free will.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #52 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #53 Monsters of Little Haven
71% matchVery Positive88% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #54 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,148 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 121.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #55 Bad Faith
69% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #56 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
67% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological 14.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #57 The Tenth Minute
66% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 17.5%, Drama 12.8%, Emotional 11.4%
- #58 The Mermaid of Zennor
69% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Emotional 15.2%, Psychological 14.6%, Text-Based 14%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #59 A Vessel of Frustration
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%