Games Like The Test

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Detective 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game where you must manually control your character's facial expressions to influence the narrative and uncover dark truths.

Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.1%, Horror 30.8%, Atmospheric 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most similar experience, functioning as a direct psychological evaluation that uses text-based questioning to unsettle the player.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game simulates a retro AI companion that slowly descends into psychological manipulation, mirroring the unsettling nature of The Test.

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative game where your choices define the reality of the world and the nature of the entity you are interacting with.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully subverts the visual novel genre to deliver a deep, meta-psychological horror experience that challenges the player's perception of the game.

The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Detective 10.2%, Psychological 9.9%, Investigation 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct follow-up to the original that continues the series' focus on questioning the player's morality and psychological state.

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A live-action interrogation game where you must ask the right questions to uncover the truth behind a series of mysterious events.

The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Detective 10%, Investigation 9.3%, Psychological 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another installment in the series that expands on the original's choose-your-own-adventure format with more complex branching paths.

Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Psychological 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological game where your choices in group interrogations and voting determine who lives and who dies.

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: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy horror visual novel where your personality traits significantly impact how characters interact with you and how the story unfolds.

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative game focused on exploring every possible tragic outcome through a series of interconnected, choice-driven scenarios.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game set in a diner that forces you to engage in deep, philosophical conversations with customers while the world outside faces an apocalypse.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 27.8%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Mystery 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental anthology that uses text-based interfaces and retro aesthetics to build a deeply psychological and claustrophobic atmosphere.

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive simulation that uses a found-phone interface to pull you into a dark, psychological mystery.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Psychological 25.2%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Horror 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intensely uncomfortable visual novel that explores mental health through a surreal and challenging perspective.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological visual novel that forces the player to make brutal moral choices in a survival-horror setting.

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Psychological 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Visual Novel 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological adventure that uses a horoscope-themed narrative to guide the player through a series of unsettling events.

This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, RPG 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cynical and dark visual novel that relies heavily on player choice to navigate the toxic social landscape of high school.

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: Visual Novel 22.6%, Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror game where the survival of the cast depends entirely on the player's decisions and relationship management.

As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click game that blends 90s aesthetics with a dark, psychological narrative about sacrifice and lore.

Ever wondered how much of a kinky pervert you are? Ever wanted to know what your fate entails for being such a kinky pervert? Answer a series of disgustingly hilarious, immoral questions to reveal ridiculous scenarios & unlock the answers you seek...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, choice-driven game that focuses on the weight of secrets and the consequences of revealing hidden truths.

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: Survival Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Mystery 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cosmic horror game that forces the player to manage their sanity and health through difficult, choice-based encounters.

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

Why similar: Psychological 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Survival Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses simulation elements to build tension as you perform rituals and make life-altering choices.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Pixel Graphics 9%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the first game, further exploring the protagonist's fragile mental state through surreal, choice-based dialogue.

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A game focused on the mechanics of questioning suspects, requiring the player to analyze behavior and choose the right path to the truth.

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Mystery 19.3%, Story Rich 15.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative mystery that deconstructs different game genres while telling a dark, psychological story about the developers themselves.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 25.1%, Simulation 22%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that forces the player to make difficult moral choices under pressure, mirroring the weight of decisions in The Test.

You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Detective 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9.8%

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 13.4%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Do you often think of what is there, beneath the towns and the cities we live in? Sewer systems, bombshelters, scientific objects... Are you ready to find yourself in a place on the edge of the reality plane you are used to?

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie visual novel that focuses on building a sense of dread through its narrative choices and dark atmosphere.

The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 15.9%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Psychological 11%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 9%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Detective 11.5%, Investigation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Visual Novel 7.2%

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Story Rich 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, JRPG 8.8%

Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 11.8%

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.5%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%

Vespa's Test is a short, relaxing personality test based on real psychological research. Answer a multitude of thought-provoking questions, and receive a vision tailored to your answers; what, in life, is holding you back?

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Simulation 9.7%

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

Why similar: Psychological 64%, Atmospheric 25.1%, Casual 10.8%

From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Survival Horror 9.6%

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Horror 11.5%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.8%, Horror 35.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Singleplayer 5%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.3%, Psychological 16.5%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Story Rich 7.3%

Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%

The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Psychological 17%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Resist the urge to press the button and do not uncover the secrets that may lie within its crimson facade. The choice is yours: to press or not to press.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Immersive Sim 23.3%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Simulation 7.9%

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 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%

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: Investigation 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Horror 10.1%

Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.

Why similar: Mystery 74.3%, Casual 13.6%, Singleplayer 12.1%

Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%

Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

Why similar: Investigation 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%

You are a participant in Project Threshold, an experiment designed to force people to confront their deepest fears. Pass through sets of blue and red doors, survive what waits beyond them, and reach the end, if escape is even possible.

Why similar: Psychological 28.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Psychological 18.3%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 10.3%

In a final attempt to guarantee your place on the nice list, you decide to try and do some chores before midnight. Will Krampus take you? Take the test and find out.

Why similar: Psychological 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 22.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 16.8%, Mystery 12.8%

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Horror 25.6%, Atmospheric 24%, Casual 17.7%

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.3%