Games Like Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Your old life is dead and buried. You have no afterlife to look forward to, and your vampiric unlife is about to fall apart unless you solve an unsolvable crime. Welcome to New York City... and welcome to the Lasombra clan, where failure is not an option.

Why similar: Visual Novel 62.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Indie 8.4%, LGBTQ+ 6.3%, Great Soundtrack 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct narrative follow-up to the seed game, offering a deeper look into the same atmospheric urban setting.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York is a narrative game set in the World of Darkness Universe. Play as one of the members of the Vampire Clans in a shifting political landscape between the Camarilla and the Anarchs while trying your best to survive.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.2%, RPG 20.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Text-Based 8.5%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A continuation of the New York-based narrative series that maintains the visual novel style and World of Darkness lore.

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, RPG 10.9%, Text-Based 10%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional piece of interactive fiction that captures the political intrigue and supernatural tension of the setting.

Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, RPG 27.7%, Indie 21.1%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the political maneuvering and factional struggles central to the Vampire: The Masquerade experience.

Play as 3 vampires, wield their powers wisely, and strike the right balance between your human and animal side in a heart-pounding story in which your choices will decide the fate of Boston.

Why similar: Story Rich 32%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Dark 19.4%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure that explores the investigative and social aspects of being a vampire in a modern city.

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Dark 21.4%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive RPG experience in the World of Darkness universe that shares the same dark, gritty tone and lore.

Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, RPG 26.8%, Indie 21.1%, Text-Based 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction title that provides a grounded perspective on the supernatural conflicts within the World of Darkness.

Experience Vampire: The Masquerade in a new way through this isometric cRPG. Change perspectives as you travel through the Heartless Club as a Human and a Vampire. Roll the dice, take your choices, and embrace the night in this narrative prologue.

Why similar: Story Rich 35.4%, RPG 25.4%, Atmospheric 21.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Dark 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A concise, story-rich narrative experience that captures the isolation and dark atmosphere of the setting.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 9.2%, Choices Matter 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in choice-driven narrative where your decisions drastically alter the fate of your character and the world.

London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.

Why similar: Story Rich 29.6%, RPG 22.8%, Dark 18.1%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Choices Matter 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the moral weight and social consequences of being a vampire in a dark, atmospheric, and historical setting.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.8%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, narrative-driven game that explores morality, human nature, and corporate control in a cyberpunk setting.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Narrative 32.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, RPG 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same feeling of navigating a dark, oppressive urban environment through deep, meaningful narrative choices.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Story Rich 28.1%, RPG 19.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled narrative depth and dark, philosophical world-building that mirrors the complexity of the World of Darkness.

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Narration 9.7%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A melancholic, story-rich experience that focuses on the power of narrative and atmospheric world-building.

You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.

Why similar: Story Rich 21.3%, RPG 20.8%, Dark 19.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the dark, urban fantasy legacy of the World of Darkness setting with a focus on modern vampire politics.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.5%, Narrative 29.5% ★, Story Rich 21.7%, Choices Matter 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience that emphasizes political intrigue and the long-term impact of player choices.

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Story Rich 16.2%, RPG 7.7%, Choices Matter 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven vampire game that focuses on the social and moral complexities of immortality in a dark world.

Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dark 13.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, unsettling visual novel that shares the moody, atmospheric storytelling found in the seed game.

In this elegy of blood, everyone in Athens owes your boss a favor, making you untouchable! Who will you use, who will you help, and who will you prey on?

Why similar: Vampire 75.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Story Rich 4.4%, RPG 3.5%, Text-Based 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction title that expands on the lore and political landscape of the World of Darkness.

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Narrative 19.1% ★, Story Rich 9.6%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense political maneuvering and difficult, high-stakes choices that define your character's path.

Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Why similar: RPG 34.4%, Indie 20.1%, Story Rich 14.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, Lovecraftian RPG that captures the sense of dread and hopelessness found in the World of Darkness.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Story Rich 37.8%, Dark 35.3%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal, and deeply atmospheric narrative experience that excels in world-building and tone.

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 61.3%, Story Rich 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Choices Matter 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grounded, character-focused narrative set in a gritty, atmospheric urban environment.

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.9%, Story Rich 18.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%, RPG 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique visual novel that blends social deduction with a compelling, evolving narrative loop.

You’re a werewolf. You’re in a city, infested with witches, hunters, ghosts, and vampires. That’s how this story starts. You decide how it ends.

Why similar: Vampire 60.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, RPG 8%, Text-Based 4.8%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that features supernatural themes and branching narrative paths in a dark setting.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%, LGBTQ+ 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on intimate, character-driven conversations in a moody, late-night urban setting.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.1%, Dark 25.6%, Atmospheric 13.8%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a dark, gothic atmosphere and rich, branching storytelling that rewards careful exploration and lore discovery.

When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Horror 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural visual novel that balances mystery and character development in a dark, atmospheric world.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Story Rich 51.2%, RPG 35.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delves into the occult and dark lore with a focus on narrative discovery and atmospheric tension.

Following a bizarre misunderstanding, you find yourself as the city's vampire overlord.... You'll be trained in combat by three beautiful vampires to face the enemies who want to destroy the order of the city. But you'll also have to battle issues from your past life, your life as a human.

Why similar: Vampire 72% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Indie 1.5%, Horror 0.4%

Your decisions will shape who is friend or foe, who will share in your secrets, and just how your romance with a certain vampire will grow!

Why similar: Vampire 68% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 6.1%, Story Rich 3.7%, Text-Based 3.3%

Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.7%, RPG 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%, Text-Based 8%, Indie 5.2%

An adult LGBTQ+ visual novel about love, drugs, murder and crime. We follow this intense thriller through the eyes of our main protagonist, Sasha, while he maneuvers through dangerous drug deals, formidable kingpins, and silent assassins.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%, Dark 7.7%

The world's most ancient vampire, a young & unprepared new leader of a centuries old vampire-hunting organization, thrust together by fate. Thalos knows he's found his beloved, but Dusty must never let himself grow close to a vampire. A kinetic visual novel that grows spicier with each installment!

Why similar: Vampire 77.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Story Rich 4.1%, LGBTQ+ 3.5%, Indie 0.4%

Inhabiting the World of Darkness, you must face a series of brutal confrontations with your nemesis Vukodlak, a powerful vampire lord.

Why similar: RPG 34.8%, Story Rich 24.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Dark 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%

Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.8%, Story Rich 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Horror 4.4%

A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend.

Why similar: Visual Novel 54%, Story Rich 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Indie 8.7%, Horror 3.5%

1996—Los Angeles, CA. A young newcomer is turned into a vampire and thrust into the dark underworld of society, forced to sink or swim. You are that newcomer.

Why similar: Visual Novel 67.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Indie 11.6%, Dark 7.7%

《Ms Vampire Love to Date with Me》 is a multi-ending ADV that depicts the player and Irene (a vampire) living together during summer vacation.

Why similar: Vampire 60.2% ★, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Story Rich 5.4%, RPG 5.2%

An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.

Why similar: Visual Novel 68.7%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Indie 9.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.6%, Horror 3.7%

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Story Rich 38.8%, RPG 31.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Horror 3.3%

A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.

Why similar: Visual Novel 68.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 6.6%, Indie 6.1%, LGBTQ+ 3%

Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Story Rich 16.2%, RPG 8.7%, Text-Based 6%

Choose between a male or female character and take revenge on your killers as a vampire!

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Dark 12.2%, Choices Matter 4.2%, Text-Based 4%

You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Indie 7.1%

Welcome to the Night Market. Survive your journey while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Fall in love, explore a world with rich characters, and try to save the realm.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, RPG 13%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Text-Based 6%

An Adult Vampire Hunter RPG! Will you take down the creatures of the night, or will you turn into one yourself...?

Why similar: Story Rich 34.9%, RPG 29.2%, LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Choices Matter 10%

"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.

Why similar: Visual Novel 57.7%, Story Rich 17.3%, Indie 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%

Summer, 1954. A perfect vacation awaits three best friends, playing games, making crazy plans, and running from bullies... Until they meet the vampire. What really happened that summer at Varney Lake?

Why similar: Vampire 69.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 4%, Narrative 2% ★

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Narrative 14.7% ★, Story Rich 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 7.6%

Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

Why similar: Visual Novel 63%, Story Rich 14%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Horror 5.7%, Choices Matter 3.6%

Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Narrative 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Indie 5.6%

Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Story Rich 11%, Dark 9.6%, Choices Matter 3.5%

Uncover the dark secrets of the secluded Carpathian village while engaging in passionate romance along the way in this interactive visual novel / adventure game hybrid with a gothic horror theme.

Why similar: Visual Novel 66.8%, Story Rich 17.1%, Indie 7.1%, Horror 4.8%, Choices Matter 2%

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Indie 5.1%, Horror 5%

Become a vampire. Strike from the darkness and drink the blood of your prey. Use stealth, persuasion, and an arsenal of upgradable abilities to sneak past enemies undetected or punish the guilty in the seedy backstreets of nighttime Venice.

Why similar: Dark 41.9%, RPG 30.3%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Horror 10%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Don’t fall prey to the eternal hunger of the night as the initiation rite is getting closer! Dive into a dark world of seduction and explore the vampire academy in Blood Lust [18+]🩸 - an adult visual novel telling the story of an ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.8%, Story Rich 18%, Atmospheric 12.1%, RPG 12%, Choices Matter 5.1%