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A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Experimental 22.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Abstract 13.6%, Horror 8.6%

A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.

Why similar: Experimental 25.2% ★, Abstract 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Text-Based 8.2%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Experimental 25.7% ★, Abstract 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Psychedelic 9.4%

❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Experimental 23.4% ★, Abstract 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8.4%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Experimental 22.5% ★, Abstract 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8%

A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

Why similar: Experimental 23.2% ★, Abstract 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 8.6%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Experimental 21.4% ★, Abstract 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychedelic 7.9%

A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.

Why similar: Abstract 22.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Horror 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.4%

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Abstract 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychedelic 11.1%, Text-Based 10.4%

A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.

Why similar: Experimental 26.4% ★, Abstract 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Psychedelic 9.8%

A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.

Why similar: Experimental 35.2% ★, Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Abstract 14%, Text-Based 6.3%

Totally Normal Boyfriend is a visual novel/dating simulator about your loving and caring boyfriend that would do anything for you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Abstract 13.2%, Horror 10.8%

Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.

Why similar: Experimental 44.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.9%, Philosophical 16.4%, Abstract 14.6%, Casual 4.8%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Experimental 20.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Philosophical 12.8%, Horror 9.1%

Welcome to Sprunki Town, where everyone is happy!

Why similar: Abstract 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Text-Based 7.9%

B.D.K is a short experimental first person horror game that mainly relies on atmosphere and sounds to create a creepy experience.

Why similar: Experimental 43.9% ★, Abstract 22.2%, Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Indie 2.9%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Abstract 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 12.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Psychedelic 8.8%

A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.

Why similar: Experimental 25.6% ★, Abstract 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Psychedelic 10.1%

An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.

Why similar: Experimental 21% ★, Abstract 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 9.2%

Her ex-boyfriend became a shut-in. The girl goes to visit him... then things start to go wrong. They always do, right? Experience two stories about digital gods and loss. And remember - believe in the net.

Why similar: Experimental 39.1% ★, Visual Novel 34.3%, Horror 23.2%, Indie 3.5%

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: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 13.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

Two small experimental games made as part of a one-week game workshop in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of a project called "Interactive Empathy - Citizenship & Storytelling in Video Games". Inside is also a documentary video about the workshop, as well as a booklet about the whole project.

Why similar: Experimental 32% ★, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Philosophical 11.7%, Psychedelic 10.9%

Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...

Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Abstract 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 11.4%

Spatial expectations built up and torn down. Spoken word inspired pacing. Ode to bilinguality. Interactive slam poem anthology. Concrete Spaces.

Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Abstract 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Philosophical 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

An abstract interactive experience about a Gap

Why similar: Experimental 38.9% ★, Abstract 29.8%, Philosophical 15.3%, Emotional 9.1%, Casual 4.5%

While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychedelic 11.9%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Abstract 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 17.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Casual 6.3%

Ņ̴̣͕̻̤̣̞̝͑̾̉̄̃͊̀̚ͅĘ̵̢̺̞̱̙̔ͅǓ̶̢͚͕̙̙͕̙̻̖̥̗̗̦̾͆̄͋̉̈́͂̄̉̽̉̒̓R̸̨͈̝͇̰͇̺̼̙͕̄̇̃̈́͜͠Ǒ̸͔̳͇̏̽̽̒́̾Z̵̛͕͙͍͚̒̇̏̆̍̌̂̔̕Ȃ̶͇̱̫͌̌̑́̒̂́̑́̒̈͐͘͠ is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map.

Why similar: Experimental 25.8% ★, Abstract 16%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Psychedelic 11.5%

Horror Stories: PLEASE COMPLY is a short interactive horror experience with a dark twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that will leave a long lasting chill down your spine. The only hope of escape its to comply. But how much are you ready to give up for a chance of freedom?

Why similar: Abstract 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Philosophical 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

Why similar: Experimental 36.4% ★, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Horror 9.9%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Experimental 27.5% ★, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Philosophical 11.9%, Psychedelic 11%, Horror 10.5%

I had lost all contact with my sister when she suddenly called me from a Tokyo suburb consumed by the Membrane, a curse that blurs the line between nightmares and reality. Fight shadows and your own fears in this psychological horror exploration game.

Why similar: Experimental 43.1% ★, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN) is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map. Help Alice cross this path, destroy the ego-structure, get out of the abyss, find the key.

Why similar: Experimental 21.3% ★, Abstract 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.2%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

INFERIAE is a two-hour-long descent into a nightmare over 20 years in the making, an immersive experience blending unsettling soundscapes with hundreds of shifting scenes and a haunting narrative.

Why similar: Abstract 26.8%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Psychedelic 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Text-Based 9.4%

Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 17.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Emotional 10.2%, Horror 9.8%

It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Philosophical 11.8%

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: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 16.5%, Text-Based 12%, Psychedelic 10.7%

Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 10.5%

Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.7%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 23.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Indie 1.8%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Philosophical 13%, Text-Based 11.6%

“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.

Why similar: Experimental 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 10.8%

TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

Why similar: Experimental 28.4% ★, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Horror 17.7%, Philosophical 7.2%

On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Experimental 20.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Philosophical 11.3%

"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: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Philosophical 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 9.9%

Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 15.9%, Emotional 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

An interactive psychological horror drama.

Why similar: Experimental 34.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Horror 10.9%

A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Abstract 16.2%, Philosophical 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

Why similar: Experimental 33% ★, Philosophical 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.8%, Abstract 11.3%

A pixel art psychological horror game with a point-and-click system that takes the style of an interactive desktop environment.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 1.8%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Abstract 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 13.4%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Abstract 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Horror 11.6%

The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Abstract 14%, Horror 12.6%, Philosophical 12.5%

Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychedelic 17.8%, Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%

A collection of 5 experimental games from different indie devs that takes you on a journey through time!

Why similar: Experimental 53.8% ★, Visual Novel 18%, Abstract 8.7%, Casual 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%