
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
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Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

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Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries

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Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Horror 16.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Atmospheric 8%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Dark 9.6%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14%, Emotional 13.4%, Psychological 12.6%, Horror 8.7%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Psychological 11.5%, Emotional 11.2%, Horror 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
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: Philosophical 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Emotional 10.8%
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 18.2%, Psychedelic 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological 13.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Philosophical 26.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Female Protagonist 9%, Dark 8.9%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Psychedelic 24.6%, Dark 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Philosophical 32.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 7.5%, Mystery 6.6%
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: Philosophical 24.4%, Psychedelic 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Psychological 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.3%, Story Rich 15.4%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Psychedelic 10.2%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Psychological 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 6.6%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 9.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
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 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 13.2%, Psychedelic 9.6%, Horror 9.3%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 14%, Story Rich 7.7%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Horror 18.6%, Story Rich 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 17.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Emotional 10.1%, Story Rich 9%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Dark 9.8%, Emotional 9.4%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Emotional 25.3%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 10%
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: Psychological Horror 13.4%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Psychological 19.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Mystery 9.9%
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Psychedelic 17.6%, Drama 10.6%
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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 13.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Mystery 8.7%
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Mystery 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 12.3%, Emotional 10.3%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Emotional 11.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Drama 8.6%
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Female Protagonist 30.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9%, Adventure 3.6%
Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Psychological 10.8%, Drama 10.5%, Dark 9.8%
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Emotional 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Mystery 10.6%
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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Psychological 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Horror 12.6%, Story Rich 11.2%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Psychological Horror 23%, Psychological 13.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Psychedelic 8.7%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.1%
Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.
Why similar: Philosophical 24%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 10.2%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.4%, Dark 10.4%
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Psychological 28.7%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Story Rich 16%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 8.7%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Dark 7.5%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Horror 12.2%, Drama 11.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Mystery 10.2%
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological 11%, Story Rich 8%
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Dark 14.1%, Horror 13%, Story Rich 11.4%
A portal inspired walking simulator horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Mystery 16.8%, Horror 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
The Demon Within Me is a first-person psychological horror game featuring a dark, lonely, and atmospheric environment that offers an immersive and disturbing experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 14.1%, Drama 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.2%
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Psychological 18.1%, Horror 12.9%, Realistic 11%, Mystery 9.4%
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Mystery 17.2%, Horror 15.6%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Drama 11.3%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Psychological 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12%, Drama 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
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: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychedelic 20.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.2%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Emotional 21.1%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 9.5%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Emotional 16.7%, Drama 13%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 12.3%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Mystery 15.6%, Emotional 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Dark 9.5%
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Horror 10.9%, Emotional 7.8%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Psychological 17.2%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 10%
Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 13%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Emotional 14%, Drama 11.4%, Philosophical 11%, Dark 10.4%
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Drama 8.6%
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 21.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Drama 12.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 21%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18%, Psychological 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 15%, Dark 12.6%
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 17.5%, Emotional 16.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Dark 8.6%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Psychological 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Dark 9.3%