60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Text-Based.
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Athanasy
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.4% ★, Text-Based 12.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
Sokolov Test is a psychological sci-fi visual novel in which a machine examiner evaluates your answers one by one. Face strange questions, visual tests, system anomalies, secrets and fragmented memories. The test is not asking whether you are good. It is asking whether you are a person.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.3%
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%
“Only Monsters Become Perfect Idols” — A choice-driven psychological mystery visual novel, Anti-Anti. In a world once devastated by slime monsters, you are forced into a suspicious audition. A locked-room mystery, ensemble drama, adventure, thriller, and romance!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Horror 10.9%, Text-Based 10%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Lore-Rich 16%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 11.3%
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 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
My True North - a nonlinear visual novel about Personal Choice of a Human, Love, and the Journey to Yourself in a world of the living dead. Watch. Love. And don't go under the ice. Especially in the height of summer.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
A psychological horror you never see — you read it. Blind and deaf, you sense an arctic station through a neural implant: text, smell, touch. Quarantine rules say only one person may leave their cabin at a time. You are out. Five bodies are found by morning.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Lore-Rich 11%, Horror 9.5%
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dynamic Narration 10.3% ★
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 10.6%, Horror 10.4%
Every soul seeks absolution, yet not each deserves it. SALVARE is a psychological horror game where you step into the worn cassock of a young Catholic priest, burdened with hearing the confessions of those who come seeking God's mercy.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.1%
You are a nameless cultist. An otherworldly entity has awakened, seeking to unite all into a single mind. Roll dice to craft amalgams. Control the awakening or suppression of the creature within characters. Uncover the world's history and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 10.4%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 9.8%
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Text-Based 8.1%, Mystery 8%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 9.7%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 21%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 6%
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Horror 10.8%
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Horror 9.9%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%
While trying to plan a party that’s to die for, a high school queen bee finds she has an uninvited guest that is much scarier than your average teenage girl. A Visual Novel about Gossip, Grief and Ghosts.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Horror 9.4%
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Dynamic Narration 13.6% ★, Choices Matter 9.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.7%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.8% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★, Visual Novel 9.3%
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Horror 12%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 9.6%
