- #1 MONOPHOBIA
97% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Z-xian
Windows
Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Abstract 12%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #2 Until Then
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Story Rich 16.6%, Side Scroller 8.5%
- #3 You know my name?
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Abstract 17.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #4 Hazy Mind
94% matchVery Positive86% of 331 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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #5 Garden of Oblivion
95% matchVery Positive87% of 202 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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%
- #6 GOODBYE WORLD
94% matchVery Positive85% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
"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 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Story Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #7 Afterdream
93% matchVery Positive93% of 349 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 24.3%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #8 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
92% matchVery Positive91% of 240 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 30.6%, Walking Simulator 29.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #9 Psychroma
91% matchVery Positive89% of 189 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+ 22.7%, Psychedelic 18%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #10 The Endless Empty
91% matchVery Positive96% of 305 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Abstract 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #11 Seraphim Slum
90% matchVery Positive95% of 154 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+ 27.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #12 A Void Hope
89% matchVery Positive93% of 70 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 28.7%, 2D Platformer 27.9%, Platformer 17.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 12.3%
- #13 海子 UMIKO
88% matchVery Positive98% of 65 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 20.7%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 11.5%
- #14 DEAD LAMB WALKING
87% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 2.1%
- #15 Subway Midnight
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,267 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 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Abstract 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #16 Backspace Backspace Backspace
86% 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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychedelic 12.3%
- #17 Purrgatory
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,957 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+ 45.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 2.6%
- #18 Will Die Alone
86% 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 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #19 sun-rise.exe
85% matchVery Positive90% of 62 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 12.7%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #20 If Found...
84% matchVery Positive90% of 2,299 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+ 45.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Stylized 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #21 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 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 31.4%, Story Rich 26.5%, Atmospheric 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Adventure 6.9%
- #22 For Mother Matron
82% matchVery Positive91% of 164 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 26.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #23 New Meaning
83% 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 43.7%, Visual Novel 37.9%, Story Rich 18.4%
- #24 ALTER EGO
81% matchVery Positive92% of 194 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+ 46.1%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Story Rich 20.3%, Colorful 7.7%
- #25 Gender Dysphoria
80% matchVery Positive92% 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 23.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #26 Everything Ends In 0
78% matchVery Positive94% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: findaeden
Windows
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychedelic 11.3%
- #27 First Session
81% 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 30.9%, Walking Simulator 25.5%, Story Rich 19%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Exploration 6.2%
- #28 When the Darkness comes
79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 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 45.1%, Walking Simulator 32.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Adventure 4.5%
- #29 Contraindication
78% matchVery Positive99% of 72 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%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #30 Don't Let Me Fade
76% matchVery Positive99% of 131 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 16.1%, Adventure 11%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #31 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 28.4%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #32 Coralina: a Memory Tale
77% matchVery Positive98% of 56 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+ 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #33 Recall: Empty Wishes
76% matchVery Positive93% of 61 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 25.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Side Scroller 11%
- #34 PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE
73% matchVery Positive99% of 185 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+ 37.2%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #35 obi3011-prologue
75% matchVery Positive94% of 96 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 20.5%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #36 One's Own Exile
73% matchVery Positive100% of 448 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 23%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Stylized 18.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #37 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
72% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 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 24.7%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Psychedelic 10.2%
- #38 Party on Hallow Grove
75% matchVery Positive100% of 54 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+ 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Story Rich 16%, Exploration 9.2%
- #39 Even the Ocean
77% matchVery Positive86% of 281 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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+ 26.6%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #40 Fantasmagorie
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 222 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 28.8%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Stylized 22.5%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 9.5%
- #41 memories
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,525 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%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Story Rich 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #42 Marie's Room
73% matchVery Positive93% of 6,648 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.8 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 33.6%, Story Rich 29.1%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #43 Illusion Carnival
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,810 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%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Stylized 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #44 A House Inside Me
70% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Abstract 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychedelic 12%
- #45 un/FRAGMENT.
71% matchVery Positive88% 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 30.2%, Text-Based 27.1%, Atmospheric 23.4%, Story Rich 16.2%, Adventure 3.1%
- #46 Glassy Stare
69% matchVery Positive91% of 85 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 34.7%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Story Rich 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Stylized 9.5%
- #47 Depression Quest
74% matchMixed61% of 3,934 reviews2014
Dev: The Quinnspiracy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 78.1 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 46.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.9%
- #48 Eye of Saccharine
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 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+ 20.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Abstract 11.4%
- #49 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,770 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 31.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Comedy 15.6%, Platformer 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%
- #50 I Won't Forget Hue
69% 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 33.8%, Stylized 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Exploration 12.3%
- #51 Something Strange
70% 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 34.6%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #52 Perceptions of the Dead
71% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.5%, Adventure 24.5%
- #53 Blood Lily Loop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 69 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: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, 2.5D 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #54 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
66% matchVery Positive92% of 164 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 29.6%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Exploration 10%
- #55 Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
65% matchVery Positive96% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: senpiPub: GOGOGOBATO
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychedelic 12.4%
- #56 Drowning Cross
70% 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+ 35.5%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #57 Love Alone Death
66% matchVery Positive99% of 418 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Psychedelic 18.5%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #58 Closer To Home
68% 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 24.7%, Stylized 20.5%, Story Rich 16.4%, Comedy 9.8%
- #59 Fishbowl
64% matchVery Positive96% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Story Rich 17.5%, Colorful 3.6%
- #60 Emily is Away
67% matchVery Positive89% of 32,252 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Story Rich 28.4%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Adventure 2.5%