
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.
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Mystery 18.5%, Horror 15.4%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Emotional 14.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Horror 9.4%
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 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Dark 9.8%
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 17.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Emotional 12%, Horror 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
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 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
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 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Emotional 10.7%
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 25.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Psychedelic 24.2%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 9%
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 31.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 7.3%, Mystery 6.5%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 9.2%, Story Rich 9%
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 24.3%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Psychological 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 6.4%
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 10.3%
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%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Psychological 18.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%
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%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Emotional 15.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.1%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Dark 12%, Mystery 11%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, 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 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Emotional 9.9%, Story Rich 9%
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: Philosophical 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Psychological 11%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 13%, Psychological 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%
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 13.5%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
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 21%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 9.7%
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 40.2%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 9.9%, Psychological 9.8%, Emotional 9.3%
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 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Horror 13.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Mystery 8.7%
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 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Horror 10%
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 22.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological 9.7%
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 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, Emotional 10.2%
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 23.4%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Psychological 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%
A portal inspired walking simulator horror game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%
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 43.2%, Female Protagonist 29.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 8.4%, Casual 5.5%
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological 10.9%, Story Rich 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 17.9%, Emotional 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Mystery 10.6%
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 14.3%, Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 11.3%
Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Psychological 10.8%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Horror 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 27.8%, Psychological 27.6%, Story Rich 15.6%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 8.6%
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 31.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Dark 10.5%
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 11.7%, Dark 10.8%, Emotional 10.4%
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Horror 11.6%, Emotional 8.1%
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 19.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 10.2%
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 12.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Dark 7.6%
Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow".
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.1%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Casual 10.5%
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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 10.9%
She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Philosophical 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Horror 10.3%
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 25.2%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychedelic 19.9%, Horror 13%, Dark 11.9%
Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Mystery 14%, Horror 13%, Dark 13%, Story Rich 12%
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Horror 13.9%, Emotional 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Dark 11.5%
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 15.5%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
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 28%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Horror 9.3%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Dark 12.4%
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 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Dark 9.6%
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 13%, Dark 11.4%, Mystery 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
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 20.7%, Psychological 17.9%, Horror 13%, Realistic 11%, Mystery 9.5%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 30.3%, Mystery 21.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Dark 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Psychological 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 12.3%, Adventure 8.4%
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 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Dark 12.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Horror 12.2%