60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Mystery, Text-Based.
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PondThing is a subtle horror narrative puzzle game. You play as a young boy torn between narcissism and reason, using every means at your disposal to uncover your family’s dark secrets and rewrite a tragic fate.
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她的微笑，曾经让赤瞳的女子以为，自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前，神秘的团体将她的学生绑走，挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手]，再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚，这一次能否改变？你会改变什么？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，诡异的仪式，疯狂的连环杀人与肢解，新的死亡祭品，再次来临的威胁与复仇背后，真相到底是……
PondThing is a subtle horror narrative puzzle game. You play as a young boy torn between narcissism and reason, using every means at your disposal to uncover your family’s dark secrets and rewrite a tragic fate.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Mystery 10.1%
她的微笑，曾经让赤瞳的女子以为，自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前，神秘的团体将她的学生绑走，挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手]，再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚，这一次能否改变？你会改变什么？战斗，悬疑，治愈，推理，剧情持续反转，诡异的仪式，疯狂的连环杀人与肢解，新的死亡祭品，再次来临的威胁与复仇背后，真相到底是……
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17%, Education 16.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
Frog Telephone (蛙电话 / 蛙電話) is a folklore mystery adventure game rooted in computer science concepts. You play as an amnesiac phone operator at a Tokyo travel agency, reconstructing shattered reality through the spin of a dial, exploring the terrifying truth hidden behind Gero City's mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Story Rich 9%, Mystery 8.5%
Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Text-Based 16%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 14.1%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Text-Based 17.4%, Mystery 14.9%, Exploration 8.7%
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.1%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 9.3%
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.6%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Mystery 17%, Text-Based 12.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
《下九泉》是一款国产剧情向解谜游戏。主角孟存真死后魂归地府，成为行走于九泉的实习判官。孟存真从一个因受诅咒而不能入轮回的亡魂展开调查，追寻亡者被诅咒的真相。游戏围绕人性中“贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑”展开5个截然不同的单元故事。不到最后一刻，你永远想不到事件背后令人细思极恐的真相…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Puzzle 12.9%, Text-Based 11.5%
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%, Text-Based 26.2%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Mystery 15%, 2D 4.5%
Shi, a photographer and unforgivable sinner. After her train breaks down, she steps onto the platform and meets someone she'll never forget. This narrative-driven RPG takes you down a thorny path to save your loved one and face the real world together.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.9%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Mystery 5.9%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
帮助温迪找回失去的记忆，这是一个关于家和爱的小作品
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Puzzle 18.4%, Exploration 17.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Simulation 7.8%
"Disease" is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre. The Yellow Man pierces the night in search of a new victim. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Lore-Rich 20.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Lore-Rich 23.4%, Puzzle 15%, Mystery 13.1%, Exploration 11.3%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Text-Based 27.1%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 2.3%
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 11%
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 11.3%
Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.8%, Text-Based 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 9.4%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
你是无机脑公司的一名员工，经个人志愿与公司筛选成功进入咖啡机实验工程。只要通过这项测试，你就能够实现自己梦想中的计划，你能成功吗？
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.6%, Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Mystery 9.6%
1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 11.9%
Psychological horror puzzle. Control 16 unique camera feeds to spot escapees, open doors, and trigger sounds, guiding a person through a lab breach where a mistake is not permitted.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 41.5%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 6.1%
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Mystery 18.1%, Indie 1.9%
Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.1%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Simulation 7.2%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Mystery 18.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Lore-Rich 24.8%, Text-Based 21.5%, Mystery 17.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Text-Based 34.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, 2D 5.1%, Indie 2.7%
"Satoyama note: natsukusa komichi" is a novel game about the creatures that live in satoyama. Collect illustrated books and take the quiz-style satoyama test. The background music is played live by a shinobue flute, and the world is depicted by hand-drawn ink paintings.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.9%, Education 25.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Story Rich 7.2%
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 7.6%
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Story Rich 8.1%
Explore 200+ masterpieces from the MET with Rin (music lover) and Mio (art geek). Solve 1-min puzzles to unlock artworks in chronological order. Learn art history through their emotional journey. Perfect for a "virtual trip" or pre-travel guide. Discover where sound and color become one.
Why similar: Education 33.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Story Rich 9.6%
Psychiatrist Marine and her assistant Felix make an emergency visit to Egas Psychiatric Hospital for her important patient Edward on Christmas Eve, but they get caught up in a crisis...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%
Born in 334, Savvas the Goth underwent fierce persecution as a Christian. This is his story.
Why similar: Education 40.7%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Indie 2.5%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 14.1%, Mystery 12.1%
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Exploration 9.5%
A death game visual novel where murder victims are decided by group consensus. Make friends and enemies, solve the mysteries of an abandoned amusement park, and suss out the traitor in your group.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Mystery 21.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, 2D 3.3%
Memory Tide is a point-and-click mystery puzzle adventure. As the rain falls once more, buried memories begin to stir. Follow the traces of an old pocket watch through a dim old house and uncover secrets long left unspoken.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.3%, Puzzle 25.6%, Exploration 18.8%, 2D 9.1%, Indie 4.3%
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Mystery 24.8%, Puzzle 15%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
One day, I got a pet. But it turned out… she was a beautiful girl!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Lore-Rich 29.6%, Simulation 22.8%, 2D 7.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Mystery 19.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
Shape Delvin’s fate by navigating fragile relationships, uncover hidden motives, and peel back the layers of a world that grows stranger the deeper you go. Meet unforgettable characters, make impossible choices, and discover just how far you’re willing to go to protect yourself or your loved ones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Lore-Rich 24.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Mystery 11.4%
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28%, Text-Based 25.2%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Indie 2.4%
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Mystery 17.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Mystery 20.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Indie 3.6%
Discover the story of this point’n click and lead your town towards a better future! You’ll guide the town of Harmonium Point to a yet unbuilt future after a great war that ravaged the world. React to numerous events that punctuate the life of this town and build relationships with the other citizens!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.5%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 24.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Simulation 7%
INSPECTION REPORT is a horror / point & click game focused on exploration and dialogue. Fulfill your duties as a building inspector and uncover the secrets of an abandoned property in total dark using only a flashlight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Mystery 10.3%
A hardcore puzzle game about digital circuits
Why similar: Education 43.1%, Simulation 25.9%, Puzzle 19.8%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 2.9%
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 10.4%
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Education 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Puzzle 11.9%, Simulation 7.9%
A mystery adventure - uncover the truth behind a series of deaths by collecting clues hidden across internet. news articles, and wikipedias—creating an immersive experience that feels like real. Information is visually organized into a mind map, gradually open as the investigation progresses.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Text-Based 25.8%, Mystery 23.2%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 2.8%
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Education 13.3%, Puzzle 10.7%
A short story-driven psychological horror game. No visual jumpscares; only mentally disturbing.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.9%, Mystery 24.9%, Puzzle 18.5%, Story Rich 13.6%, Indie 3.4%
“Escape Tales: The Awakening” is a haunting narrative puzzle game that plunges you into a world shrouded in darkness and mystery. Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of loss, redemption, and the echoes of a forgotten past based on the well-received escape room card game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Puzzle 13.6%, Mystery 12.2%
Come, friend, and explore the decaying ruins of this once beautiful home. Overcome relentless monsters, tricky puzzles, and your own mind as you struggle to find a way to escape the estate. Or, perhaps you could look deeper into the horror around you and see if you can untangle its grisly mystery.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Puzzle 16.3%, Exploration 15.6%, Mystery 9.3%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 11.5%
You’re a broke college graduate. Your rich, distant uncle has just shown up and given you 100 million dollars! And right at this moment, four handsome men come into your life. Could this be… the romance you’ve been waiting for!? But wait, there’s something behind their smiles that says otherwise…
Why similar: Education 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
