
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Horror, Visual Novel, Singleplayer.

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.
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: Psychedelic 24.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological 12.2%, Text-Based 8.2%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.1%, Abstract 15.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%
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: Text-Based 16.7%, Philosophical 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Surreal 9.7%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Philosophical 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Emotional 10.8%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Text-Based 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 7.9%
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 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Psychological 12%
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: Psychedelic 18.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Abstract 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Psychedelic 31.8%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Surreal 17.2%, Dark 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
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: Text-Based 14.6%, Abstract 13.2%, Philosophical 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
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 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Psychedelic 12.1%, Dark 11%
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Psychedelic 38.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 8.9%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Surreal 10.5%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Philosophical 15.2%, Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Abstract 7.6%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Emotional 13.6%
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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Psychological 17.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Surreal 11.2%
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 9%
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%
An occult forest rave ⸸ Strange rituals ⸸ Enigmatic organisers ⸸ An ancient evil ⸸ Pure Psychedelic Horror
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Surreal 14.3%, Horror 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.1%, Abstract 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 10.7%
You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Emotional 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Horror 13.4%
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: Psychedelic 19.5%, Text-Based 16%, Philosophical 14%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Psychological 10.7%
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 28%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.1%
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.8%, Psychological 17.3%, Horror 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Minimalist 12.9%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological 7.4%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Psychedelic 18.6%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Dark 10.7%
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Psychedelic 32.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Emotional 13.5%, Surreal 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.5%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological 10.2%, Dark 9.5%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.8%, Abstract 14.8%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.8%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 8.4%
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 24.2%, Demons 21.7%, Horror 16.4%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 11.3%
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 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 14.8%, Psychological 11.6%
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Horror 21.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Dark 9.7%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Abstract 10.8%, Psychological 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Psychedelic 15.8%, Abstract 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 17.6%, Dark 15.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Surreal 9.8%
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 17%, Surreal 16.1%, Dark 15%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 12.4%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.3%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Psychedelic 21%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Emotional 7.8%, Adventure 7.7%
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 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Psychological 13%, Surreal 12.9%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Philosophical 24%, Emotional 16.3%, Psychological 15.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Dark 11.4%
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 19.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Horror 12.6%, Emotional 12.5%, Surreal 9.8%
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 28.7%, Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Surreal 18.3%, Horror 12.2%, Adventure 7.8%
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 38.3%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Dark 9%
Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.1%, Abstract 15.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Minimalist 9.1%
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 12%, Minimalist 10.5%, Psychological 10.5%
A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Abstract 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 12.3%
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 22.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Psychedelic 13.7%, Surreal 9.4%
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.1%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Emotional 11%
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Dark 18.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
Cody, haunted by psychological demons, envisions a monstrous threat eliminating all he hates.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Dark 13.6%, Demons 7.6%
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Surreal 18.1%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological 15.8%, Minimalist 14.3%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 21.7%, Surreal 13.5%, Dark 11.7%, Atmospheric 10%
You are a monster under someone's house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, First-Person 11.2%, 2D 5.4%
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.1%, Horror 28.8%, First-Person 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 7.5%
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Demons 15.8%, Dark 15%, Atmospheric 9.8%