- #1 You know my name?
97% 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: Abstract 17.5%, Text-Based 17.4%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #2 Hazy Mind
96% 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: Psychedelic 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #3 Garden of Oblivion
96% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #4 GOODBYE WORLD
95% matchVery Positive85% of 832 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #5 Afterdream
94% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #6 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
94% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Walking Simulator 29.2%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #7 Psychroma
93% matchVery Positive89% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
Windows · Linux
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Psychedelic 17.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #8 Until Then
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Story Rich 17%, Side Scroller 8.5%
- #9 A Void Hope
92% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Atmospheric 29.3%, 2D Platformer 27.4%, Platformer 17%, Exploration 13.8%, Adventure 12.4%
- #10 DEAD LAMB WALKING
90% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 2.1%
- #11 Subway Midnight
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
Dev: Bubby DarkstarPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Walking Simulator 13%, Abstract 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #12 海子 UMIKO
89% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
Windows
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 11.5%
- #13 Seraphim Slum
89% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #14 sun-rise.exe
88% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Abstract 19%, Psychedelic 17.5%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #15 If Found...
86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Stylized 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #16 Purrgatory
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,893 reviews2021
Dev: Niv
Windows
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 2.6%
- #17 Will Die Alone
87% 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 23%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #18 Backspace Backspace Backspace
84% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychedelic 12.3%
- #19 New Meaning
86% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Brave Lobster Studios
Windows
In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.8%, Visual Novel 37.8%, Story Rich 18.4%
- #20 The Endless Empty
84% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Psychedelic 20.8%, Abstract 15.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #21 For Mother Matron
83% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 9%
- #22 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
78% 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: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Psychedelic 10.1%
- #23 Coralina: a Memory Tale
81% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #24 First Session
82% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Lappi Soft
Windows
First Person Psychological Horror. Addicted to virtual ecstasy, trapped in digital hell. Navigate glitchy dreamscapes and a city that never sleeps. Every mission brings you closer to your next dose, but will you follow your protective AI, or the man behind a liberating new drug?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 25.4%, Story Rich 19%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Exploration 6.2%
- #25 Gender Dysphoria
81% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.9%, Text-Based 23.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #26 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.2%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #27 ALTER EGO
80% matchVery Positive92% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Fruit Salad Torture
Windows
ALTER EGO is a 2D point-and-click narrative-based adventure game featuring psychological elements. Explore two levels with atmospheric environments, solve puzzles, and use your inventory items to uncover the mystery behind Reese and Winona’s relationship, and find the real culprit—if there is one.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.2%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Story Rich 20.2%, Colorful 7.6%
- #28 When the Darkness comes
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Walking Simulator 32.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 4.5%
- #29 Don't Let Me Fade
77% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #30 Illusion Carnival
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,466 reviews2024
Dev: KiZ
Windows · Mac
A lost soul wanders through a whimsical, eerie pop-up book like amusement park. Dive into fun-filled stages, encounter unique characters, fend off spirit erosion, and uncover the park's hidden secrets. The enchanting yet dark Illusion Carnival begins now.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Stylized 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #31 Recall: Empty Wishes
77% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Side Scroller 10.9%
- #32 Party on Hallow Grove
76% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: vaaasm
Windows
Talk to kooky guests, trade party items, and explore Death’s mansion as you throw him the spookiest birthday party EVER!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Story Rich 16%, Exploration 9.2%
- #33 Even the Ocean
79% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Story Rich 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #34 obi3011-prologue
76% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
This is a cyberpunk-themed pixelated psychological horror, romance, and adventure game. Amidst a chance encounter in the rain and a forced gathering, an unexpected journey unfolds—a humorous romance and adventure story between you, a robot, and your furry companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #35 One's Own Exile
73% matchVery Positive100% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Story Rich 22.8%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Stylized 18.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #36 Fantasmagorie
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.7%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Stylized 22.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 9.4%
- #37 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
72% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Lunaticker
Windows
A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #38 Depression Quest
78% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
Dev: The Quinnspiracy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.2%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 8.1%
- #39 Marie's Room
73% matchVery Positive93% of 6,612 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Story Rich 29.2%, Atmospheric 18%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #40 Glassy Stare
71% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.5%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Story Rich 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Stylized 9.7%
- #41 A Date in the Park
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,998 reviews2016
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #42 Drowning Cross
74% matchVery Positive92% of 206 reviews2019
Dev: origamihero games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your boyfriend before the night takes him away forever. It's all your fault, after all! Just like always.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #43 Contraindication
70% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #44 Something Strange
73% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Text-Based 34.8%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 4.6%
- #45 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,301 reviews2022
Dev: Doctor Shinobi
Windows
All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Story Rich 19.2%, Comedy 16.4%, Platformer 11%, Exploration 8.3%
- #46 I Won't Forget Hue
71% matchVery Positive91% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Hostile Kiwi Games
Windows
Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Stylized 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Exploration 12.3%
- #47 Everything Ends In 0
69% matchVery Positive94% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychedelic 12%
- #48 Perceptions of the Dead
72% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.6%, Adventure 24.4%
- #49 Unleaving
70% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: orangutan matter
Windows · Mac
When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.3%, Side Scroller 16.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Platformer 14.1%
- #50 Eye of Saccharine
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Abstract 11.3%
- #51 memories
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: guiyyuPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 49.2%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #52 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
67% matchVery Positive93% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.4%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Exploration 10.1%
- #53 Only Faces Remain
67% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Santiago Garcia
Windows
ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Comedy 12.3%, Adventure 8.1%
- #54 Closer To Home
70% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: itamu
Windows · Mac
Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Walking Simulator 24.6%, Stylized 20.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Comedy 9.8%
- #55 un/FRAGMENT.
69% matchPositive88% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: izakiko paradox
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Stylized 30.4%, Text-Based 27.1%, Atmospheric 23.3%, Story Rich 16.1%, Adventure 3%
- #56 Nightmare Shift
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31%, Walking Simulator 30.6%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 5.9%
- #57 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,656 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.8%, Story Rich 31.1%, Atmospheric 24.1%, Adventure 8%
- #58 Last Broadcast
69% matchVery Positive80% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35%, Story Rich 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #59 Funky Panic Attack
66% matchVery Positive95% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: juicce
Windows
Can Luna navigate this funky world to find Halloween? - Talk to strange and compelling characters! Freeze obstacles and activate the fast Chili Pepper Mode, but beware - it also makes you uncontrollably jumpy!
Why similar: Stylized 22.1%, Story Rich 17.3%, Platformer 16.8%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #60 missed messages.
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%