Games Like The Sleeping Sickness

Interactive psychological horror novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your grip on reality. Your choices shape a branching narrative where your mental state influences what you see and the paths that open before you. 5 routes, 8 endings, 15 to 20 hours of reading.

Why similar: Narrative 16.1% ★, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.9%

In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Detective 13%, Investigation 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Mystery 8.5%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Lovecraftian 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, 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 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Supernatural 8.7%, Lore-Rich 8.3%, Detective 8%

A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.

Why similar: Narrative 19.9% ★, Investigation 16.2%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search pulls her through visions and entities rooted in Arabian folklore, and family secrets that should have stayed buried.

Why similar: Narrative 20.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Supernatural 8.5%, Lore-Rich 7.8%, Emotional 7.3%

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: Narrative 17.7% ★, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Supernatural 8.9%, Horror 8.6%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Investigation 11.6%, Detective 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.

Why similar: Narrative 16.1% ★, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%

1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.

Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Detective 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 8.2%

A monster is hiding behind one of the voices on the line. Identify the liar before you reveal your location. One wrong judgment, and it comes to your door. Each playthrough changes who's lying.

Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Detective 13.8%, Supernatural 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Horror 10.1%

Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?

Why similar: Horror 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 11.5%

An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.

Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.

Why similar: Detective 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Horror 9.4%, Lore-Rich 9%

Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Investigation 10.8%, Detective 10.7%, Horror 9.5%, Supernatural 9.4%

A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.

Why similar: Narrative 22.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.

Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Detective 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10%, Mystery 9.1%

Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?

Why similar: Narrative 22% ★, Investigation 12.2%, Detective 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.

Why similar: Narrative 33% ★, Investigation 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Mystery 8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.

Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, Detective 11%, Investigation 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Lore-Rich 9%

A war veteran and newly minted starship captain faces ancient cosmic horrors as his dreams become reality. Navigate romance, mystery, and sacrifice in this sci-fi adult visual novel where every choice echoes beyond the stars. Optional graphic adult content via free DLC.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Supernatural 8.8%, Cinematic 8.5%

Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Detective 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Emotional 8.3%

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Cinematic 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Horror 8.3%

Two vampires — an ambitious Kindred and a wretched Thinblood. Their fates clash in this Visual Novel set in the World of Darkness, where your arsenal extends beyond just words — from political machinations to forbidden Alchemy. Claw your way to power and leave your bitemarks on Berlin's underworld.

Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%

Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Horror 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

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: Narrative 22.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Emotional 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%

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: Narrative 25.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Lore-Rich 9%

Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 12%, Investigation 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Detective 10.3%, Supernatural 10.3%

Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.

Why similar: Investigation 12.7%, Supernatural 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11%, Horror 9.1%

A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Supernatural 14.5%, Mystery 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

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 14.2%, Lovecraftian 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 11.1%, Cinematic 10.2%

Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Investigation 8.4%

Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.

Why similar: Narrative 22% ★, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%

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 15.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 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 16.3%, Detective 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Horror 8.6%

For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Investigation 16%, Detective 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Horror 10.6%

Step into a suspenseful murder mystery at a prestigious boarding school. As a new student, you must question AI-driven suspects, uncover secrets, and solve the murder before the police arrive. Your choices determine the outcome—can you find the real killer before it’s too late?

Why similar: Narrative 16.6% ★, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.

Why similar: Narrative 44.3% ★, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.

Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 8.2%

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: Narrative 28.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Horror 10.3%

A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Supernatural 11.5%, Detective 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 7.8%

Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 9.4%

“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.

Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Horror 13.6%, Detective 13%, Mystery 12.3%

brothers move to a new residence, the apartment owner makes them live for free, but one of the brothers suspects that this man is bad. Live their lives, make fateful decisions, find the truth about the owner of the apartment and be careful people hide much more than they show

Why similar: Narrative 22.4% ★, Horror 15.9%, Mystery 13.3%, Detective 13.1%, Choices Matter 11%

Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.

Why similar: Narrative 37.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 8.4%

You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.

Why similar: Supernatural 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Horror 11%

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: Narrative 17% ★, Horror 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Mystery 10.5%

You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.

Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Investigation 14%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Lore-Rich 8.4%

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: Supernatural 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%

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: Detective 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize

Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Narrative 19.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Detective 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

A grounded post-apocalyptic interactive narrative. Fortify the Black Box shelter, manage supplies, trust, and evidence, and decide who survives on either side of the iron gate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Cinematic 12.5%, Narrative 12.4% ★, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.

Why similar: Narrative 23.7% ★, Detective 13.8%, Supernatural 13.2%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.2%

You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?

Why similar: Narrative 27.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Dark 10.2%

Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.

Why similar: Narrative 34.2% ★, Lovecraftian 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.

Why similar: Supernatural 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Horror 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Detective 11.1%

An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.

Why similar: Investigation 12.9%, Detective 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Cinematic 10.1%