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Games Like Whisperstring

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Visual Novel, Atmospheric.

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Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?

Reviews: Positive — 88% — of 33 reviews
Released: 2025-01-31
Developer: RocRac
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: RocRac
    Windows

    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: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Horror 8.9%, Text-Based 7.8%, Dark 7.8%

  2. #2 Class Reunion Chat Room
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2023
    Dev: RocRac
    Windows

    Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Horror 10.1%, Surreal 9.7%

  3. #3 The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 539 reviews2024
    Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
    Windows · Mac

    YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?

    Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, 1980s 20.2%, Horror 13.8%, Linear 8.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

  4. #4 Inversed
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
    Dev: Tymedust Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

    Why similar: Emotional 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Mystery 9%

  5. #5 derealization
    94% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    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: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%

  6. #6 The evil mouse
    94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Thorleif Owe
    Windows

    The Evil Mouse is a short linear story psychological horror game about guilt and memory. You discover a strange program on your computer that pulls you into a haunted house. Inside waits Lucy, a girl asking for help, and the evil mouse, who will do anything to keep you out.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 11.4%

  7. #7 FAKEBOOK
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 747 reviews2024
    Dev: banjihagames
    Windows · Mac

    Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

    Why similar: Investigation 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%

  8. #8 Loop//Error
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%

  9. #9 Start Running
    91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: beepsoft industries
    Windows · Linux

    A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Surreal 10.4%

  10. #10 The Leak
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2023
    Dev: Fatih Mert
    Windows

    Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

    Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Minimalist 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dark 10.7%

  11. #11 Thoughtless
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aky Heart
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

    Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

  12. #12 Unknown Call: Ohio
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Arachnocoder
    Windows

    You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Emotional 11.1%

  13. #13 To Be With You
    89% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
    Dev: Illus Seed Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%

  14. #14 Sabbatical In Merzouga
    88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Feeling Potion
    Windows · Mac

    You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Text-Based 10.8%

  15. #15 Type Your Fate
    87% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
    Dev: ZollkronPub: Zollkron Ilustra Codeworks
    Windows · Linux

    Type your fate. Arm yourself with your keyboard and your wits, and try to escape from the abandoned house where you are. Unfortunately, you won't be alone...

    Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, 1980s 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

  16. #16 Mnemosyne's Cube
    86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: Muzutaru
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

    Why similar: Text-Based 13.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%

  17. #17 Love Mystery Club
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2020
    Dev: GMatrix
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.

    Why similar: Investigation 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%

  18. #18 Of Moons and Mania
    85% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2022
    Dev: Absurd Walls
    Windows · Mac

    Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.

    Why similar: Emotional 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Dark 12.3%, Linear 9.5%

  19. #19 Your Turn to Disembark
    84% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2024
    Dev: Relatable Anarchy
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Turn to Disembark is an episodic narrative game about a weird train and the passengers that are trapped inside of it. Will you make it out of the train or will you be trapped onto it's route for the rest of days?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Linear 10.6%, Emotional 8%

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    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 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 10.7%

  21. #21 恐怖夜話
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2026
    Dev: ひめこ
    Windows

    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: Text-Based 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Horror 12.6%

  22. #22 A Case of Missing Identity
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AwesomeTrinket
    Windows

    A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%

  23. #23 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 374 reviews2023
    Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%

  24. #24 Compicactus
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Eibriel
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Learn an artificial language to chat with a cute AI. Manage a list of words and connect them in novel ways to build any sentence. The AI will remember all your interactions, forever.

    Why similar: 1980s 19.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

  25. #25 Watashi Suzume
    81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
    Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
    Windows

    Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%

  26. #26 Hello, Vic
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JUST Has Games
    Windows

    Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Minimalist 11.7%, Dark 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

  27. #27 The Darkest Emptiness
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: bathos.games
    Windows

    The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.

    Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 10.4%

  28. #28 Tails Noir Preludes
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
    Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows

    Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 10.2%, Surreal 6.7%

  29. #29 Whispers of the village
    78% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
    Dev: Whispers of the VillagePub: Rubika Supinfogame
    Windows

    You arrive in a small village as a fortune-teller who reads the future in tea leaves. But an apocalyptic vision leads you to question its tranquillity. What if you had a part to play in this? Ready your cups and tea leaves, as the future of this village will be shaped by four unusual visitors.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%

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    78% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: LazyBoy
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Investigation 13.7%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Text-Based 10.3%

  31. #31 The Faceless Killer
    77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Punga
    Windows · Linux

    The Faceless Killer is a first-person survival horror game with retro PS1-style graphics, consisting of 2 chapters. Solve logic puzzles, fight against your enemies, or hide when there's no other option. Unravel this mystery surrounding the Faceless Killer. Who is he, and what are his motivations?

    Why similar: 1980s 18.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.8%

  32. #32 LUNATIKA
    76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: QUIET TOWN STUDIO™
    Windows · Mac

    You can't sleep, cause of strange noise from somewhere above. Go check it out.

    Why similar: 1980s 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Surreal 11.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Dark 10.1%

  33. #33 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Hinterland Mood
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Emotional 11.1%

  34. #34 Do 11
    77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
    Dev: SJR Team
    Windows · Mac

    Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 9.5%

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    75% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Minimalist 9.8%

  36. #36 LifeSimOS
    74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Clayton Davis
    Windows

    A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Emotional 8.7%

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    75% matchVery Positive100% of 193 reviews2024
    Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
    Windows

    A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Surreal 11.1%

  38. #38 The Interval Bureau: Extension 0
    72% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
    Dev: Quiet Den Games
    Windows

    A short psychological audio horror call where every number routes you deeper into a faceless bureau that measures and files you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Horror 12.7%, Surreal 10.8%, Story Rich 10.3%

  39. #39 River Secret
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Hard2Scream
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.6%

  40. #40 Penrose
    73% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
    Dev: doublespeak games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.

    Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Surreal 10.7%, Emotional 10.6%

  41. #41 Night Plane
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Liquid Static Studio
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Surreal 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 10%

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    74% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
    Dev: codapill
    Windows · Mac

    Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Surreal 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%

  43. #43 Purgatorial Learning
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Niwaessence
    Windows

    Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!

    Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dark 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Story Rich 8.9%

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
    Windows

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    Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 9.1%

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Chaos Texture Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Linear 12%, Horror 11.7%

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    69% matchMixed66% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

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    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Minimalist 14.3%, Surreal 11.6%

  47. #47 Kamilia
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: RQ play
    Windows · Mac

    Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%

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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 783 reviews2021
    Dev: RimatoadPub: Rimatoad
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Dark 12.4%, Minimalist 12.2%, Linear 10.5%

  49. #49 Room 337
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Emotional 12%, Surreal 11.5%

  50. #50 Something Strange
    71% 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 24%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 10.1%

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    68% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: Krish Raghav
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Minimalist 12%, Surreal 11.3%

  52. #52 Do you have SALT?
    69% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2024
    Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
    Windows

    A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?

    Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dark 11.2%

  53. #53 The Lunar Effect
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Negative EntitiesPub: N/A
    Windows

    Help solve the mystery of the moonlit mansion in this classic fixed camera horror puzzle game inspired by the art styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The Lunar Effect takes its protagonist on a dark and unfamiliar path but be warned, sometimes when one stares into the moon, the moon stares back

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11%, Linear 9.1%

  54. #54 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CHARON
    Windows

    You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.

    Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Mystery 9.9%

  55. #55 In The Foundations
    67% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2025
    Dev: beepsoft industries
    Windows · Linux

    A horror visual novel about coming back to your childhood home.

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  56. #56 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
    Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
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    [Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.

    Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Text-Based 13.8%, Logic 11.9%

  57. #57 Beyond R: Rule Ripper
    65% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2025
    Dev: TohrivPub: GJ Staff
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Logic 11.1%

  58. #58 Nightmare Zapping
    67% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Dark 10.7%

  59. #59 Where Control Ends
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%

  60. #60 Still Joking
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2024
    Dev: Purple Brick Games
    Windows · Mac

    What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.

    Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11%

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