Games Like Who's Lila?

An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.

Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similarly claustrophobic and surreal psychological horror experience with an emphasis on dialogue and discovery.

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: Psychological Horror 28%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Horror 17.7%, Surreal 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same deeply surreal, psychological, and uncomfortable atmosphere found in Who's Lila?

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: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Horror 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal psychological exploration with a similarly unique and disorienting visual style.

An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Story Rich 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar dark, surreal, and indie-horror aesthetic with a strong focus on narrative and point-and-click exploration.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Point & Click 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Puzzle 9.4%, Choices Matter 9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in detective gameplay that uses unconventional UI and observation mechanics to solve surreal mysteries.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Detective 59.6%, Puzzle 13.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, First-Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a brilliant, non-linear detective experience that relies on careful observation and deduction in a unique visual style.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Horror 19.5%, Story Rich 8%, First-Person 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-horror game that subverts player expectations through its narrative and interface.

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-style horror game that takes place entirely within the interface of a found smartphone.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Surreal 22.3%, Point & Click 15%, Story Rich 13.9%, Puzzle 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Blends meta-fictional elements with psychological horror and unique gameplay mechanics that constantly evolve.

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic surreal horror adventure that uses a simple point-and-click interface to explore a nightmarish art gallery.

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: Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Point & Click 10.1%, Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that deals with the supernatural and surreal in a modern setting.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 74.9%, Puzzle 25.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric psychological horror game that masterfully uses its UI and inventory to build tension.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Point & Click 32.7%, Psychological Horror 32.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cosmic horror game that utilizes point-and-click mechanics to deliver a surreal and terrifying experience.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Surreal 44.9%, Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly, surreal horror experience that prioritizes atmosphere and fragmented storytelling over traditional narrative structure.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Surreal 26.9%, Detective 24.6%, Point & Click 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a highly immersive, meta-fictional interface to tell a detective-style story within a simulated 90s internet.

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly atmospheric psychological experience that mirrors the tone of Who's Lila?

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 28.7%, Point & Click 25.3%, Story Rich 7.8%, Puzzle 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of experimental horror vignettes that rely on unique, tactile interface interactions to build dread.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.8%, Horror 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror game that simulates a sentient AI, forcing the player into a psychological game of cat and mouse.

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: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that focuses on surreal imagery and internal character struggles.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40%, Story Rich 19.4%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending meta-narrative that forces the player to solve a mystery by inhabiting different game archetypes.

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: Detective 34.3%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Story Rich 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique social deduction detective game that uses time loops and visual novel elements to create a complex narrative.

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.1%, Puzzle 25.7%, Horror 22.1%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A clever meta-fictional horror game that forces the player to manipulate the game's own code to survive.

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: Detective 32.6%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Surreal 13.2%, Story Rich 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, surreal detective RPG that prioritizes internal dialogue and psychological exploration over traditional combat.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Surreal 21.8%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, surreal, and deeply psychological survival game that forces players to make impossible choices.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Horror 31.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Surreal 10.8%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, surreal horror game that relies on limited sensory input and a unique interface to build terror.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 45.2%, Multiple Endings 23%, Puzzle 13.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Choices Matter 5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in using repetitive, mechanic-heavy gameplay to build tension and moral complexity.

you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 18.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, unsettling meta-horror experience that plays with the concept of abandoned multiplayer servers.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 22.8%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Story Rich 15.3%, Puzzle 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: An unparalleled detective mystery that rewards curiosity and observation within a surreal, time-looping universe.

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Detective 11.9%

A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…

Why similar: Surreal 23.2%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 17.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10%

A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%

The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!

Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%

Who Are You!? is a sci-fi psychological horror experience based on real UFO research. The story centers on Ray Roswell and his internal fight to understand the disappearance of his wife, which may involve an alien abduction.

Why similar: Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Point & Click 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

Why similar: Surreal 23.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 11.1%

The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Horror 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Horror 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.4%

You are a monster under someone's house.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Point & Click 15.2%, Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 14.3%, Exploration 8.6%

The most sinister spot-the-difference in the world. When you uncover the final mistake, the truth of this world will be revealed.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Point & Click 17.5%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12%

In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%

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

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Horror 16.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Puzzle 10.4%

One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.

Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

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: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Point & Click 16%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10%

A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?

Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 10.3%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Puzzle 10.8%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.1%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 13%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 28%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%

Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

Why similar: Surreal 22%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 10.1%

Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Horror 10.1%

Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%

A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Surreal 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 12%, Detective 9.6%