Games Like TOY BOX

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Text-Based 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

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: Dark Comedy 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%

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 14%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%

The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.6%

This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dark Comedy 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Text-Based 9.5%

A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 9.1%

A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%

Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%

After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 15%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 7.7%

Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Horror 11.1%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%

A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%

Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Point & Click 10.6%

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 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Point & Click 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 10.7%

Normal Person is a single player horror, first person Visual Novel where your choices matter! Will you be able to escape or will you be stuck in a limbo with the man who claims to be a "Normal person"

Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%

Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.6%, Point & Click 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%

The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌

Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%

You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Point & Click 11.1%

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

Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%

It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Horror 7.8%

N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 7.3%

Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …

Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11%, Dark Comedy 10.2%, Text-Based 8.2%

A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 10.8%

Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

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 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 8.9%, Horror 8.6%

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 16.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.1%

You go on a date with a mysterious woman from a dating app. What could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Point & Click 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10%

Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Thriller 8.4%

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 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Point & Click 10.9%

可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%

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 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10%

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 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 13%, Text-Based 11.5%

Convince the cannibals not to eat you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Step into the eerie and mysterious world of Gloomscape! With your trusty mood ring and sense of adventure, you’ll craft, explore, and strategize your way through this bizarre world. But beware - ghastly creatures lurk around every corner.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%

Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dark Comedy 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%

Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12%

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: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 10.9%

DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!

Why similar: Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 11%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Point & Click 9.1%

You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Point & Click 16.5%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%

"Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Visual Novel 10%

Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%

A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Dark Comedy 9.1%