- #1 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Philosophical 14.1%, Emotional 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It frames gameplay as a personality test, analyzing your choices to determine your character traits in a way that mirrors the seed's core concept.
- #2 The Watson-Scott Test
97% matchMixed67% of 811 reviews2018
Dev: Normal Wholesome Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 31%, Horror 27.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest parallel to the seed, functioning as a psychological horror test that asks deeply personal and unsettling questions.
- #3 Who's Lila?
96% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game where your choices and even your facial expressions in-game dictate the narrative path.
- #4 Doki Doki Literature Club!
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 30.5%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Anime 18.5%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal psychological horror visual novel that subverts player expectations through meta-narrative and disturbing choices.
- #5 Stories Untold
94% matchVery Positive87% of 5,390 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 41.6%, Horror 37.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 6.4%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: This experimental anthology uses text-based interfaces and atmospheric horror to create a deeply psychological experience.
- #6 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy psychological horror game that forces you to navigate complex, branching narratives with significant moral weight.
- #7 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
94% 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: Visual Novel 22.5%, Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A branching horror visual novel where every choice has a significant impact on the survival and relationships of the cast.
- #8 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
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: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological 18%, Psychological Horror 16%, Philosophical 10.9%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, intense psychological experience that focuses on the internal struggle and mental state of the protagonist.
- #9 Hazy Mind
91% matchVery Positive86% of 318 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 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic and surreal psychological horror game that leans heavily into mystery and unsettling visual storytelling.
- #10 The Shell Part I: Inferno
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric visual novel that blends detective mystery with psychological horror and multiple branching paths.
- #11 The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 681 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 10.5%, Investigation 10.5%, Detective 9.5%, Tabletop 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the seed game, expanding on the original's psychological testing format.
- #12 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Visual Novel 26.1%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Psychological 16.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Horror 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that continues the raw, uncomfortable psychological exploration of the first game.
- #13 The Test
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,124 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological 11.4%, Detective 10.4%, Investigation 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the core choose-your-own-adventure psychological format.
- #14 The Beginner's Guide
88% matchVery Positive88% of 22,915 reviews2015
Dev: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Philosophical 24.4%, Story Rich 19.1%, Emotional 17.6%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that forces the player to analyze the psyche of a game developer through their creations.
- #15 The Test: Final Revelation
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,370 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Detective 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Psychological 9.1%, Investigation 9%, Tabletop 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A continuation of the series that adds more depth to the psychological questioning mechanics.
- #16 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,928 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: Detective 11%, Psychological 10.7%, Investigation 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the series focusing on horror-themed psychological evaluation.
- #17 BAD END
86% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie psychological horror visual novel that explores dark themes through multiple branching endings.
- #18 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
85% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Anime 24.2%, Horror 13.8%, Simulation 6%, Psychological Horror 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed visual novel that utilizes multiple endings and dark choices to drive its narrative.
- #19 WORLD OF HORROR
82% 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: Horror 29.7%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Anime 14.1%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cosmic horror game that relies on choice-based gameplay and resource management to survive terrifying encounters.
- #20 The Horrorscope
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological horror game that shares the dark, introspective tone of the seed game.
- #21 The Confession
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,016 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 13.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Tabletop 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-style game that uses dark humor and difficult choices to explore the consequences of the player's actions.
- #22 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Psychological 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Mystery 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes psychological visual novel where your choices determine who lives and who dies in a death game.
- #23 The Test: Reality Check
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A later installment that incorporates RPG elements into the established psychological testing framework.
- #24 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
80% matchVery Positive94% of 34,321 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 28.1%, Choices Matter 24.6%, Psychological Horror 15%, Emotional 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative masterpiece that challenges the player's agency and the nature of choice in video games.
- #25 The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
82% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A follow-up that deepens the choice-based horror elements of the original Horrorscope.
- #26 Train of Afterlife
84% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Psychological 11.4%, Anime 10.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological visual novel that explores themes of death and regret through a series of choice-driven encounters.
- #27 The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
79% matchVery Positive98% of 296 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven visual novel that focuses on mystery and multiple branching narrative paths.
- #28 The Test: Reimagined
77% matchVery Positive83% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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: Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Philosophical 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #29 The Testing Chamber
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 690 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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: Detective 12.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #30 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark visual novel that uses interactive fiction to explore heavy psychological themes.
- #31 The Summoning
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 16.1%, Tabletop 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that forces the player to make difficult decisions under pressure.
- #32 Paratopic
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 52.1%, Psychological Horror 36.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, low-poly horror experience that focuses on atmosphere and psychological dread over traditional gameplay.
- #33 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
73% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #34 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
76% 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: Detective 11.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #35 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
76% 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: Philosophical 10.9%, Psychological 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 8%, Visual Novel 8%
- #36 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
75% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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: Detective 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #37 Fursona Festival
75% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: BubblegumDrgn
Windows · Mac
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Philosophical 14%, Psychological 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #38 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.9%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 12.1%, Anime 11.3%
- #39 The Journey - Episode 2: Words of Wisdom
74% matchVery Positive97% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The second step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go... You won't regret this experience. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological 12.3%, Tabletop 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #40 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 783 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Philosophical 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 10.5%
- #41 For Goodness Sake
74% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Belief Engine
Windows
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: Philosophical 19.2%, Psychological 16%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #42 The Specter's Desire
73% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #43 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
71% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Philosophical 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #44 Vespa's Test
73% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Lepisoft
Windows
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: Choices Matter 21.3%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #45 Knell of St. Godhrkar
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,530 reviews2021
Dev: 二律背反Pub: 旅人计划
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 16.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Anime 11.7%
- #46 The Red Button
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 243 reviews2024
Dev: Instant Death
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #47 Interrogation Simulator
70% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
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 21%, Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #48 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11%
- #49 The Final Prize is Soup
69% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Anime 9.2%
- #50 Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
69% matchVery Positive97% of 253 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed out here... There's monsters, bandits, and much, much worse roaming these lands... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Tabletop 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #51 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
67% matchVery Positive95% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
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 12%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological 10.7%
- #52 The Zodiac Trial
70% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Detective 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #53 A Work of Art
67% matchVery Positive95% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Tabletop 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #54 The Island: Into The Mist
71% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #55 Free Will
66% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 36.1%, Choices Matter 12%, RPG 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #56 TEST TEST TEST
66% matchVery Positive92% of 991 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Investigation 12%
- #57 Memory Girl +
66% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #58 Suhoshin
67% matchVery Positive91% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Investigation 9.4%
- #59 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
65% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14%, RPG 7.9%
- #60 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
68% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 17.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
