Games like Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
by Black Tabby Games
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
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Jun 11 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Horror
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Early AccessChoices MatterVisual NovelHorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichDating SimMultiple EndingsInteractive FictionSupernatural👍 4,845
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Oct 23 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Psychological Horror
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Visual NovelChoices MatterPsychological HorrorStory RichHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceHand-drawnLore-RichPoint & Click👍 31,941
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Point & Click
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
$19.99The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
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Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,153
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Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Female Protagonist
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OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$11.99Erica
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
FMVChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterPoint & ClickPuzzleStory RichPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,629
$2.99The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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Choose Your Own AdventureRPGChoices MatterVillain ProtagonistVisual NovelMultiple EndingsDark HumorStory RichMysteryInvestigation👍 597
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelInteractive FictionDating Sim2DCuteRomanceChoices MatterMultiple EndingsStory Rich👍 185
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist · Visual Novel
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Interactive FictionFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelAdventureStory RichPixel Graphics2DChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeEmotional👍 3,597
$24.99I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Choices MatterLife SimDating SimDeckbuildingVisual NovelRPGStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureLGBTQ+Interactive Fiction👍 4,446
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
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Choose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterInteractive FictionRPGVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistMultiple Endings2DHistoricalDynamic Narration
$4.99Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
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Both: Point & Click · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
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Point & ClickChoices MatterStory RichInteractive FictionDark ComedyVisual NovelComedyZombiesPost-apocalypticInventory Management👍 322
$1.99The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Visual Novel
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
SimulationMultiple EndingsChoices MatterHorrorVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryInvestigation👍 5,837
$5.99Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
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Choose Your Own AdventureIncrementalInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & ClickLife SimFemale Protagonist2DComic BookFirst-Person👍 240
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Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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Visual NovelPsychological HorrorStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionCute2D
$4.99The Testing Chamber
Mar 28 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Horror
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
SimulationChoices MatterMultiple EndingsVisual NovelRPGHorrorChoose Your Own AdventurePsychological HorrorInvestigationMystery👍 697
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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Visual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionHand-drawnChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAnime2DCuteAdventure👍 1,829
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Both: Psychological Horror · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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Psychological HorrorVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterLovecraftianInteractive FictionAdventureDynamic NarrationHorrorChoose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
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Both: Visual Novel · Horror · Point & Click
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AnimeVisual NovelDetectiveHorrorPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistPsychological HorrorMysteryAdventureStory Rich👍 1,039
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Both: Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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ThrillerSupernaturalAdventureMysteryStory RichFemale ProtagonistExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionSide Scroller👍 1,976
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter
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SingleplayerLGBTQ+Visual NovelFantasyCozyStory RichInteractive FictionChoices MatterMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,456
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
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FMVInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationImmersive SimChoices MatterLore-RichStory RichPuzzleMultiple Endings👍 6,900
$1.99Mirror 2: Project X
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Both: Female Protagonist · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
Enter the parallel worlds enriched by the stories and match-3 games developed using cel-shading techniques powered by Unreal Engine 4. Ponder on your choices because each of them will determine the fate of all.
3DMatch 3AnimeFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelInteractive FictionSingleplayerMultiple EndingsFPSRPG👍 111,243
$59.99Life is Strange: True Colors
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Both: Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Choices MatterStory RichLGBTQ+Female ProtagonistMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceEmotionalThird PersonAtmospheric👍 12,365
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter
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LGBTQ+Story RichVisual NovelSingleplayerCinematicHand-drawnInteractive FictionMusicChoices MatterChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,677
FreeThe Bottom of the Well
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Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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Free to PlayVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureRPGPost-apocalypticInteractive FictionHorrorFemale ProtagonistChoices Matter
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
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CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
$4.99Assassin at Crimson Keep
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
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Choose Your Own AdventureExplorationHidden ObjectInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & Click2DText-BasedFunnyChoices Matter
$4.99Disturbed: Beyond Aramor
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Point & Click · Visual Novel
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Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnAdventureAtmosphericExplorationChoices MatterHorrorPuzzle
$14.99Beneath Her Starry Sky
Jan 4 · Sylphsong, Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure
A fantasy/adventure visual novel - as Freya Fae, track down the master assassin Orick Genn before he brings ruin to your home city. Rely on faithful companions and make friends with the citizens as you encounter dangers lurking through the streets.
Visual NovelFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own AdventureMultiple EndingsSingleplayerComedy2DLGBTQ+Character CustomizationInteractive Fiction
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
-75%$4.99The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Jul 24 · Yangyang Mobile
Both: Visual Novel · Horror · Choices Matter
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Visual NovelHorrorChoices MatterIndieStory RichAdventurePsychological HorrorGoreAnimeMultiple Endings👍 1,303
$16.99Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
Feb 20 · Nankidai
Both: Female Protagonist · Point & Click · Choose Your Own Adventure
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Early AccessMultiple EndingsFemale ProtagonistDarkSingleplayerPoint & ClickChoose Your Own AdventureMysteryInteractive FictionPsychological👍 4,123
ARISEN: Prologue
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel
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Interactive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelCard GameDark FantasyDating SimStory RichFemale ProtagonistRPG2D