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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Visual Novel, Psychological Horror.

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  1. #1 Trapped with Jester
    97% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
    Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

  2. #2 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
    96% 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 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dating Sim 11%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

  3. #3 Midnight Witch
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
    Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
    Windows

    Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

  4. #4 Mushroom Musume
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 212 reviews2025
    Dev: Mortally Moonstruck Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.

    Why similar: Text-Based 35%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Fantasy 8.2%

  5. #5 The Summoning
    96% 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: Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Horror 15.6%, Narration 14.5%

  6. #6 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
    94% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: CatTrigger
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.2%, Narration 10.9%

  7. #7 Hazy Mind
    93% 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: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Conversation 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

  8. #8 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
    Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Narration 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%

  9. #9 The Mildew Children
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 451 reviews2024
    Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

    Why similar: Surreal 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Horror 8.2%

  10. #10 Will Die Alone
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Arianna Ravioli
    Windows · Mac

    Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10%

  11. #11 Who's Lila?
    89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%

  12. #12 You know my name?
    90% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Horror 10.1%

  13. #13 I Frog-ot
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 727 reviews2022
    Dev: Krabby Games
    Windows

    A short horror- I mean, cute game :) Help a normal, innocent frog get back to his super awesome wizard self!! :O

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 21.6%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%

  14. #14 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
    88% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

  15. #15 The Test: Reality Check
    86% 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 16%, Text-Based 14.8%, Surreal 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11%

  16. #16 Interrogation Simulator
    87% 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 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 14%, Conversation 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%

  17. #17 Little Goody Two Shoes
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,301 reviews2023
    Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!

    Why similar: Dating Sim 34.4%, Horror 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, 2D 6.8%

  18. #18 Brookhaven Grimoire
    86% matchMixed56% of 191 reviews2022
    Dev: Little_Amethyst
    Windows

    A Wizard has trapped you in a dark storybook, transporting you to the magical town of Brookhaven. With spells, swords, and the power of friendship, begin your new life in this strange land. But remember, escape may yet be possible for those who unravel this world’s mysteries...

    Why similar: Dating Sim 37.6%, Mythology 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Magic 12.9%, 2D 7.2%

  19. #19 The Final Prize is Soup
    84% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.2%

  20. #20 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,249 reviews2025
    Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Surreal 24.6%, Horror 16.1%, Choices Matter 16%, Story Rich 9.3%

  21. #21 The Simen Rumors
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2026
    Dev: 羊之口
    Windows

    本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.9%, Visual Novel 33.7%, Mystery 8.2%, Text-Based 5.6%, Surreal 4.6%

  22. #22 Return of Red Riding Hood Enhanced Edition
    83% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2018
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    This visual novel is a collection of alternative realities. How events would turn out and how they end will depend on your choices. Visit wolf's den and solve his secret, or try to tame the wild beast. Eat a pasty with mushrooms and experience something new, or feed it to the old lady, because it's her favorite filling.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Surreal 15%, Narration 14.6%

  23. #23 My Big Sister: Remastered
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 210 reviews2022
    Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    My name is Luzia and this story is about my big sister, Sombria. Are you ready to hear it?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 13.2%

  24. #24 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 41.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Surreal 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  25. #25 WTF Is Wrong With You?
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2021
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 13%

  26. #26 Cooking Companions
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 reviews2021
    Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Mythology 11.3%

  27. #27 The witch and the bottle of concepts
    79% matchMixed64% of 61 reviews2024
    Dev: 岛叶游戏Pub: 月光游戏
    Windows

    A fantasy pixel-style Metroidvania roguelike game. The amnesiac witch picks up her reliable broom and embarks on a journey with Elf companions to defeat the Villain and regain their homeland, unveil the conspiracy. Through the magic mirror, break the 4th wall and find the truth!

    Why similar: Surreal 32.2%, Conversation 26.7%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, 2D 11.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

  28. #28 Sword Daughter
    82% matchMixed53% of 137 reviews2015
    Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Magic 9.1%

  29. #29 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
    Dev: The Midworld
    Windows

    Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Narration 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

  30. #30 A Night at the Watermill
    76% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: Neon Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Narration 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%

  31. #31 Border of her Heart
    80% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
    Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%

  32. #32 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Horror 9.9%

  33. #33 Unforgotten
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: ScoreboardGames
    Windows · Mac

    UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Conversation 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10%

  34. #34 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
    76% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Horror 15.8%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%

  35. #35 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2022
    Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
    Windows

    Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Narration 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

  36. #36 BAD END
    77% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

  37. #37 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 324 reviews2023
    Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

    Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 9.3%

  38. #38 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
    74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13.2%

  39. #39 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
    72% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
    Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Dating Sim 8.4%

  40. #40 Aimi
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
    Dev: Toasty
    Windows · Mac

    Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

    Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Horror 11%

  41. #41 Purgatory’s Flower
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows

    Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.

    Why similar: Dating Sim 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Horror 13.4%, 2D 7.1%

  42. #42 Jester / King
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

  43. #43 Suhoshin
    72% 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 12.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Conversation 9.6%

  44. #44 Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: ST Sinovar
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A fantasy interactive story (visual novel) where the mysteries of ancient gods, enigmas of bygone eras, magic, and the complex relationships between various beings are intricately woven together.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.5%

  45. #45 Banebush
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 2,088 reviews2024
    Dev: Hinterland Mood
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 24.6%, Story Rich 11%

  46. #46 My Head On Your Body
    71% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.2%

  47. #47 A Salem Witch Trial - Murder Mystery
    74% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2018
    Dev: Digital Bento
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.6%

  48. #48 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Conversation 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%

  49. #49 Tales from Candleforth
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2024
    Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
    Windows

    Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.

    Why similar: Surreal 23.3%, Conversation 20.4%, Horror 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%

  50. #50 Dinner with an Owl
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 853 reviews2021
    Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
    Windows

    Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

    Why similar: Surreal 24.4%, Conversation 23.8%, Narration 19.9%, Horror 14.9%, 2D 7.3%

  51. #51 Do Animals Dream?
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Black Vein Productions
    Windows · Mac

    You’re shipwrecked on a mysterious island of talking animals! You’ll need to make friends with the local critters if you hope to return home. This adventure includes branching conversations, memorable endings, and dark secrets...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Conversation 15.5%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%

  52. #52 Locke(d)
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,097 reviews2023
    Dev: KigyoDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?

    Why similar: Conversation 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mythology 10.6%

  53. #53 令和罕见物语
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2023
    Dev: 哥布林软件
    Windows

    一部魔幻现实主义的视觉小说,一部荒诞主义的GalGame。

    Why similar: Dating Sim 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Surreal 16.8%, Magic 6.1%

  54. #54 The Button Witch
    70% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2020
    Dev: DDreams Games
    Windows

    Adventure game full of magic, puzzles and cute characters, featuring a young witch-in-training and a talking ghost-squirrel!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.8%, Magic 24.1%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, 2D 13.2%, Fantasy 7.5%

  55. #55 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 365 reviews2022
    Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Dating Sim 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Mystery 5.7%

  56. #56 Follow the Black Kitten
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Total
    Windows

    You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Horror 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%

  57. #57 The Witch's Cauldron
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 619 reviews2024
    Dev: Harvey games
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

    Why similar: Conversation 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

  58. #58 This Is Not Your House
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
    Dev: Cody Tierson (Trash Eyes)Pub: Trash Eyes
    Windows

    Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%

  59. #59 The Specter's Desire
    66% 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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Narration 8.9%

  60. #60 Blood Lily Loop
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Horror 14.6%

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