
A retro-inspired horror puzzle game where you take calls on a un-usual hotline, identify supernatural threats, and use a cryptic manual to protect callers from paranormal danger.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings, Singleplayer, Simulation.

A retro-inspired horror puzzle game where you take calls on a un-usual hotline, identify supernatural threats, and use a cryptic manual to protect callers from paranormal danger.

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

Life Eater
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, 1990's 16.5%, FMV 14% ★, Text-Based 10%, Horror 8.2%
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, 1990's 14%, FMV 13.6% ★, Text-Based 9.7%, Supernatural 8.6%
A puzzle-horror experience - navigate a huge mid-90s internet and use a variety of programs on your work computer to take down your pharmaceutical company without getting caught.
Why similar: 1990's 20.4%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, FMV 15.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 9%
"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a horror FMV mystery game. As the second installment in the "Mourningwood Lodge" series and a prequel to the original title, it introduces an entirely new storyline where players assume the role of a fresh character embarking on an intensely terrifying journey.
Why similar: FMV 15.8% ★, Narration 15.3%, Supernatural 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12.4%
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Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Supernatural 14.7%, Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, Horror 12.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
A far-future cyberpunk space adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Immersive Sim 26.6%, Narration 12.8%, Text-Based 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, 1990's 21.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Horror 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%
An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.
Why similar: 1990's 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
In this game, you play as Yan, a delivery man working for a tea diner, who has a crush on a girl customer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, 1990's 19.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Supernatural 12.8%, Horror 8%
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Supernatural 18.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Horror 10.7%, Narration 10.1%
In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Simulation 21.3%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, 1990's 14.6%, Text-Based 11.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Narration 17.3%, Supernatural 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
First-person horror exploration game! You've just moved to a new rural town and you've been tasked with babysitting the neighbor kid. Only, things in this town seem strange. Explore the world and solve the secrets of your neighborhood while still being a half-decent babysitter.
Why similar: 1990's 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Horror 14.4%, Simulation 9.3%
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, FMV 23.4% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Sybil has a very scrambled mind. Some days she just needs you to push her along. Help Sybil navigate the horrors of her bedroom and see what adventures await. Find every ending to see what lays in her future. HYIPHYOP
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Horror 18.8%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Solve the mystery behind bizarre nightmares in this immersive Full Motion Video Game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Immersive Sim 24%, FMV 23.1% ★, Simulation 15.5%, Mystery 3.7%
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, 1990's 19.9%, Simulation 14.3%, 2D 5.5%
You just bought a PC, only to discover it once belonged to someone who has mysteriously disappeared. You soon realize that the key to find him may be hidden deep inside your OS, governed by a weird chatbot named Zippy. What will be your first move?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Narration 19%, Simulation 14.8%, Horror 12.9%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
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Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, FMV 18.9% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Narration 10.4%
A simple short horror game that requires no gaming skills.It takes around one hour to unlock all achievements. No jump scares.No chase sequences.No screen shaking effects. Controls are limited to WASD and left click only. Discover multiple hidden endings and unlock all achievements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Immersive Sim 31.8%, Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Indie 2.8%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Supernatural 17.2%, 1990's 17%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Text-Based 11.1%
"Service of Five Graces" is a romance FMV. You play as Lin Ye. One day, you wake up to find you've become the personal butler to the five ladies!? To repay your father's debts, you have no choice but to step into this mansion, beginning a strange life of being "ordered around" by five young women.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Immersive Sim 26.7%, FMV 21.8% ★, Simulation 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7%
You're the newest steward of Thoth Observatory, tasked with researching the strange Kerr black hole SJ-1765—the Sejanus Singularity. The data gathered here is invaluable, so maintain the installation and preserve your sanity until your rotation ends in this deteriorating station.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Immersive Sim 28.7%, Simulation 24.5%, Horror 8.7%, Indie 2.5%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Supernatural 19.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.
Why similar: FMV 26.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Immersive Sim 11%, Horror 10.8%, Supernatural 10.7%
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.4%, Text-Based 22.5%, Simulation 21%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.3%
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Supernatural 19.6%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Narration 13%, Horror 9.1%
You are Max. A 17 year old that has just graduated from school. Your mother want's you to get a job. You search endlessely but the luck just isn't on your side. Until one day. You have been accepted as a Fire lookout. A week later, you head out.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.9%, 1990's 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Narration 12.2%, Horror 10.5%
Lethe Bar by the sea is a pixel-art afterlife sitcom. Play as AQi, a new Meng Po. Listen to ghost stories and brew custom soup using bizarre ingredients. Serve the perfect bowl to grant satisfaction or instant amnesia, sending souls on their way to reincarnation.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
Bad Week is a retro-style first-person narrative-driven immersive life simulator. Survive the brutal life of an alcoholic living in a Belgrade block in the early 2000s. The world is crumbling around you, and it's on you to stay calm and sane.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 32.4%, 1990's 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiple Endings 4.7%
Welcome to MONSTER LUV RADIO, where you play a radio DJ giving dating advice to a host of supernatural creatures! Keep your ratings up by giving sound advice and following the rhythm of your DJ mix board, and make sure your boss doesn't shut down your show!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Narration 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。
Why similar: FMV 19.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Lovecraftian 16.7%, Horror 15.1%, Supernatural 14.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
"I want this apartment spotless!" shouts your mom before going to her night shift. Use your cleaning supplies and courage to have the house cleaned before your mom comes back. A first person short story about doing chores and avoiding evil forces to survive the night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, 1990's 23.8%, Supernatural 16.2%, Horror 11.7%, Lovecraftian 11.1%
In the summer of 1990, you return to the secluded mountain village of Iwao as your grandfather falls critically ill. The village shrine is said to seal the yokai "Tsuchigumo." As the "Mushi Okuri Festival" nears, its ritual flames may awaken a thousand-year-old curse…
Why similar: Supernatural 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, 1990's 17.3%, Text-Based 15%, Horror 12.6%
A cyberpunk paranormal detective sim played entirely through a CRT terminal. Analyze evidence, expose hoaxes, and survive faction politics before rent is due.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.4%, 1990's 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Horror 11.9%
《瑶光》是一款大学校园题材的恋爱视觉小说。在绩点决定未来的大一生活中,作为有些内向的学霸——周缘,你将会在多重结局中见证只属于青春的成长与遗憾。在关键的时刻做出选择,点亮那道名为“瑶光”的星辰。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Simulation 23.7%, Immersive Sim 20.1%, Text-Based 7.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%
The Final Shift is a psychological horror game where you work as a night janitor in a quiet corporate building haunted by its own history.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Horror 14.6%, 1990's 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- It is a simple Tsukkur story game with a high proportion of events. -Depending on the choices made in the game, various endings and the development of the story in the middle will change. -Some objects show slightly different stories depending on the number or order of selection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43%, Immersive Sim 35.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 2.9%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Immersive Sim 19%, Narration 13.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Lovecraftian 8.8%
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Text-Based 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, 2D 7.5%
Look, they don’t call me Amy ‘the tech genius’ Bailey for nothing? But just because I’m paid to fix computers, doesn’t mean I’ll sit here and listen to your life story. So what there’s been murders? Do I look like a detective?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Immersive Sim 22.1%, 1990's 21.8%, FMV 12.3% ★, Horror 7.4%
The meditative journey game about a tram driver. He is a sincere but humble dreamer who loves his job. And he also knows how to show love and sensitivity, like reading other people's desires. But what to do about it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42%, Immersive Sim 33.7%, Narration 19.3%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, FMV 17.4% ★, Horror 10.8%, Narration 9.4%
"Spirit School Days": Campus Romance Meets Supernatural Adventure Step into a mysterious campus and begin an extraordinary college life. Play as a new freshman, meet unique characters, and together uncover supernatural mysteries. Every choice shapes your story, creating unique memories of youth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, 1990's 23.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, 2D 9.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
N0-V4 is a science fiction/psychological horror art piece that treads along the lines of the ".exe" genre while taking inspiration from RPGMaker classics. You're a robot undergoing beta-testing. Is the end goal to ESCAPE THE GAME... or is it to OBEY Dr. (Mari) Machina, your creator?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Immersive Sim 25.6%, Simulation 22.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, 2D 5.5%
A punishment trip turns into a nightmare. Trapped in a haunted school and an endless time loop, you must uncover the truth and find the killer before everyone disappears
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, 1990's 19.8%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%
《Back3:Spooky》 is a moderately horror-themed FMV.As the third game in the Back series, the story unfolds after protagonists Ren Xing and Gao Yan survive their escape from the strange realm in the previous Back2. embarking on a brand-new adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, FMV 18% ★, Supernatural 17.4%, Immersive Sim 16.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Thought becomes a weapon. Belief becomes the battlefield. Choose a position among three major factions and guide civilization toward extinction, collapse, or reconstruction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Simulation 21.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Lore-Rich 5%
Piece together a cursed family photo album in 1990s NZ. Examine haunted photographs, encounter the paranormal & uncover your dark family history.
Why similar: 1990's 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Supernatural 18.7%, FMV 18.6% ★, Horror 10.5%
Pilot a biomechanical android through a derelict spacecraft consumed by alien corruption. Every scene, narrative, and horror is procedurally generated by AI. No two explorations are the same. Uncover what happened to the crew in this 16-bit sci-fi horror adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.9%, Simulation 20.3%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, 2D 8.5%
SEAPORT MAN is a short horror game where the protagonist, having escaped from a sunken ship, wanders the sea.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Horror 14.3%, Simulation 10.7%
A short and sweet visual novel about a man who goes looking for the paranormal and discovers some lewd (but horrifying) discoveries.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Simulation 19.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Narration 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Narration 16.2%, Text-Based 16%, Simulation 15%, Multiple Endings 14%
A surveillance horror based inside a nuclear power plant. Monitor CCTV, Identify hazards, document incidents and keep operations running. Report too much and you fail the weekly audit, too little and danger spreads. What’s happening deeper inside the plant was never meant to be monitored.
Why similar: 1990's 21.7%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Simulation 18.7%, Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Amid info nodes, you’re a codebreaker—each choice shifts the story. Click nodes for clues, pull key details from text, crack codes, link logic. When all light up, truth emerges: unravel with reason, or get stuck in a thought labyrinth? It depends on your calls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Immersive Sim 26.7%, Simulation 23.3%, 2D 5.6%, Choices Matter 5%
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: FMV 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21%, 1990's 19.1%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
You embody Chen Mo, embark on a romantic journey through a first-person perspective. Throughout your interactions with different girls, you must navigate divergent choices, confront critical challenges, and gradually unravel the hidden truths woven into the story’s core.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Immersive Sim 24.2%, FMV 21% ★, Lore-Rich 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Your mother disappeared 15 years ago, a mystery surrounds a hospital, and you live in seclusion in the apartment directly across the street. Use your computer to retrace the last clues left by your mother and try to solve this mystery.
Why similar: 1990's 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Supernatural 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%