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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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Jun 20 · 852話
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionCute2D
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
-25%$14.99K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
Jul 16 · Wisageni Studio
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Life SimRPGChoices MatterSimulationChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeVisual NovelManagementParty-Based RPGRelaxing👍 176
-10%$8.99Black Lotus
8 days ago · VNhub
Both: Visual Novel · Female Protagonist
Transported into a dark fantasy novel, Lin Tangtang must navigate dangerous missions, tangled relationships, and fate-changing choices. Win the trust of the enigmatic Shen Run, uncover hidden secrets, and shape your own ending in this choice-driven visual novel.
AdventureVisual NovelOtomeRomanceFemale ProtagonistDark FantasyPsychologicalSingleplayerAnimeDating Sim
-10%$10.79Witch Please!
4 days ago · Steamy Buns Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Female Protagonist
Help Petra navigate her new life as Head Witch of Fenloft Academy! Juggle classes, train skills, make friends, and solve mysteries in this charming choose-your-own-adventure-style visual novel.
Early AccessStrategyAdventureVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureCuteFunnyFantasyFemale ProtagonistRPG
$20.99Beast Saga
Apr 29 · 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian)
Both: Choices Matter
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
RPGOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based CombatChoices MatterMultiple EndingsParty-Based RPGSandboxTop-DownCute👍 2,717
$19.99Erannorth Renaissance
Oct 6 · Spyridon Thalassinos
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
Erannorth Renaissance is a text driven gamebook with sandbox elements. Create your hero, build their party, and shape your journey. Set in an open world, it mixes text based narrative, turn based combat, deep character customization, and sandbox freedom.
Dating Sim2DModdableInteractive FictionSingleplayerTactical RPGAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based Combat👍 186
$9.99Dark Dice: Cthulhu Investigation Log
13 days ago · Selig Interactive
Both: Psychological Horror · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
A dice-driven Cthulhu Mythos investigation log where every roll can cost you your sanity, your team, or your life — and there is no undo.
Early AccessPsychological HorrorMysteryInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureInvestigationAdventureDarkSupernaturalExploration
$14.99School Days
Jan 28 · 白雨工作室
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中,从入学一路走到高考,与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长,互相陪伴。你的养成和选择,不但会决定你的人生,也会影响到朋友们的未来。
ExplorationDating SimLife SimChoose Your Own AdventureTime ManagementImmersive SimRogueliteShop KeeperVisual NovelInteractive Fiction👍 6,028
$29.99Dispatch
Oct 22 · AdHoc Studio
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Choices MatterStory RichSexual ContentNuditySuperheroSingleplayerRomanceComedyChoose Your Own AdventureEpisodic👍 174,714
$10.99Hua Manlou
Aug 20 · 初域游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Infiltrate the enemy capital, using the entertainment venue "Hua Man Lou" as a cover, and secretly train six talented and beautiful women as spies to carry out reconnaissance and assassinations. Advance the plot through skill development, and unlock three endings through love, hate, and revenge.
CasualSimulationRPGInteractive FictionDating SimFMVVisual NovelImmersive SimCRPGChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,480
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Both: Dark Comedy · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
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Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
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Oct 9 · Little Sewing Machine
Both: Horror · Female Protagonist
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Dark FantasyHorrorSupernaturalFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSurvival HorrorCartoonyAdventurePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 1,041
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Apr 26 · PMT Games Division
Both: Visual Novel · Point & Click · Female Protagonist
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Visual NovelStory Rich1990'sAnimeThrillerPoint & ClickLore-RichHand-drawnFemale ProtagonistDark Comedy
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Jul 22 · BeXide Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click
A story-driven productivity adventure where you work alongside Memorie, an apprentice witch from another world. As you focus using the Pomodoro timer, the story progresses and her world gradually transforms. Turn solitary work into time shared with someone.
CozyRelaxingCasualTime ManagementImmersive SimUtilitiesIdlerVisual NovelInteractive FictionPoint & Click👍 248
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Dec 16 · AtomTeam
Both: Choices Matter
A love letter to classic Infinity Engine cRPGs from the creators of ATOM RPG, Swordhaven is a turn-based \ RTwP, party-based, dialogue-heavy 85+ hour long adventure set in a world of Nova Drakonia.
AdventureCRPGChoices MatterIsometricSingleplayerNonlinearNarrativeExplorationMultiple EndingsParty-Based RPG👍 786
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4 days ago · Stardust Factory Studio
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
Act in your own words to uncover the truth behind a broken oath. In this challenging high-fantasy Role Living Game, AI plays the GM and every character while fixed rules determine success and failure. Choose one companion, then investigate, negotiate, and fight your way to the story's end.
CRPGRPGExplorationArtificial IntelligenceImmersive SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelText-BasedMultiple EndingsEarly Access
$9.99Project Unknown
Oct 10 · PsychoRavens
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorDarkFirst-PersonInvestigationSupernatural👍 776
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May 26 · Leap Studio
Both: Female Protagonist
Realm of Ink is an Ink-style action Roguelite game. While pursuing the Fox Demon, the swordswoman Red, unexpectedly finds that her life is dictated by the 'destiny' within the world of the book. Only by breaking free can she unveil the truth of her existence and challenge the constraints of fate.
Action RoguelikeStylizedRogueliteMartial ArtsHack and SlashFemale ProtagonistAction RPGColorfulRoguelikeAction-Adventure👍 5,013
$69.99Echoes of Aincrad
Jul 9 · Game Studio Inc.
Step into Aincrad, a world of beauty and danger where every battle could be your last. Create your hero, choose your gear, and master combat by building synergy with your partner, leveling up, and unlocking special abilities to expand your horizons.
AnimeSingleplayerJRPGAction RPGSouls-likeFantasyHack and Slash3DRPGCharacter Customization👍 4,115
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Both: Female Protagonist
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DifficultPixel GraphicsBoss RushSouls-likeFemale ProtagonistIndie2DAction RPGTop-DownAction👍 3,626
$1.00Hell Deck
Aug 3 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Horror · Choices Matter
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Card BattlerRogueliteCard GameRoguelikeStrategy2D2.5DHorrorChoices MatterDeckbuilding👍 207
$49.99GreedFall: The Dying World
Mar 10 · Spiders
Both: Choices Matter
Return to the GreedFall universe in a thrilling new adventure, where every choice has consequences. Ripped away from your island, you will travel across the war-torn, disease-ravaged Old Continent, forging alliances, and fighting to regain your freedom!
RPGAdventureStory RichFantasyCharacter CustomizationSingleplayerChoices MatterOpen WorldExplorationAction👍 1,028
$39.99REANIMAL
Feb 13 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Horror
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HorrorCo-opAdventureMultiplayerAtmosphericDarkLocal Co-OpPuzzle3DThird Person👍 13,825
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3 days ago · TYstudio
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure
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Choose Your Own AdventureJRPGRomanceRPGAdventureDating SimLore-RichStory RichXianxiaWuxia
-15%$5.94Northanger Abbey
3 days ago · Spiral Atlas Games
Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter
Play Jane Austen's classic satirical romance as a visual novel. You're young, new to Bath, and ready for adventure. Choose your gender, choose your path, and discover the secrets of Northanger Abbey.
Visual NovelDating SimHistoricalLGBTQ+OtomeCasualRomanceInteractive FictionChoices MatterDialogue Heavy
$19.99House 2
Aug 28 · Bark Bark Games
Both: Horror · Female Protagonist · Psychological Horror
As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...
HorrorAtmosphericAdventureGoreViolentIndieFemale ProtagonistActionPsychological HorrorCartoony👍 157
-10%$4.49The Door Factory
3 days ago · David Gallardo
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorChoices MatterImmersive SimSimulationRealisticActionExplorationAtmospheric
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Oct 13 · 5minlab Corp.
Both: Visual Novel
Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.
CozyRelaxingShortStory RichFamily FriendlyVisual NovelWholesomePuzzleCleaningSimulation👍 1,738
$7.99Backrooms Media
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Both: Psychological Horror · Horror
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Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
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Both: Visual Novel · Horror
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Both: Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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Psychological HorrorInvestigationRetroPuzzleMysterySimulationChoices MatterStory RichCultLogic👍 524
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Both: Horror
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Both: Psychological Horror
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$17.99Folklore Hunter
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Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
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HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorViolentEarly AccessMythologyHuntingFPS👍 1,217
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Both: Point & Click · Visual Novel
Follow a mysterious girl into a hidden underground city built centuries ago by a secret order of Alchemists. Reveal a dangerous conspiracy, search for clues and items, solve puzzles and mini-games, and uncover the secrets of a forgotten world. Will you bring truth to the light?
AdventureMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleHidden ObjectConspiracyInvestigationSteampunkVisual NovelExploration
$29.99Hades II
Sep 25 · Supergiant Games
Both: Female Protagonist
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
ActionRoguelikeRogueliteHack and SlashMythologyAction RoguelikeFemale ProtagonistRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RPG👍 114,459
$17.99Sephiria
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Action RoguelikeRogueliteRoguelikeCo-opPixel GraphicsInventory ManagementActionRPGCombatCute👍 11,674
$9.99ZENONIA 1
Aug 31 · Com2us Holdings, CFK Co., Ltd.
Remember the RPG that defined a generation? ZENONIA is back—faithfully restored and now on Steam. Relive the adventure that kept you playing for hours, or experience it for the first time.
RPGAction RPGIndieAdventure2DAction-AdventureCuteCartoonyPixel GraphicsFantasy👍 440
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Aug 20 · EXODIAC STUDIOS
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
HorrorPsychological HorrorThriller1990'sRealisticMultiplayerDarkFirst-PersonExplorationEarly Access👍 1,125
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RPGMartial ArtsSandboxWuxiaOpen WorldStrategyIndieSingleplayerAdventureSimulation👍 56,539
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Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeZombiesTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieArcadeSingleplayerAction RPGRoguelike👍 14,162
$7.99Dust & Courage: Jake Bolton’s Journey
Jan 27 · Storyforge Games
Both: Choices Matter
"Dust & Courage: Jake Bolton's Journey" is an open-world, single-player RPG set in a fantasy Wild West. You play as cowboy Jake Bolton; every choice is yours. Talk or fight, pick friends or foes, explore towns and deserts, and shape your own adventure. Your adventure, your rules.
WesternRPGChoices MatterStory RichAdventureAction RPGSingleplayerExplorationIsometric3D
$3.99We Used to Play Here
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Horror
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ActionAdventureAction-AdventurePuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationHorror3DRealisticCrime
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MultiplayerSocial DeductionOnline Co-OpRPGSurvivalParty GameMysteryParty-Based RPGCasualStrategy👍 5,271
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Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGJRPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based CombatTop-DownGrid-Based Movement👍 1,299
$9.99Friendly Steps
Sep 3 · KORO.GAMES
Both: Choices Matter
A HARDCORE physics-based 1-4 player co-op RAGE GAME about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.
MultiplayerPhysicsWalking SimulatorOnline Co-OpChoices MatterAdventureDifficultComedyPlatformerCo-op👍 233
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Both: Horror
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
HorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonPvEActionAdventureRoguelikeAction-AdventureDungeon Crawler👍 6,376
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Yesterday · Forcell Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
You are trapped in a dark basement. To find a way out, you must piece together your forgotten past. Survive deadly creatures, collect mysterious notes, and discover who you are before it is too late.
HorrorAdventureThrillerSimulationMysteryPsychological HorrorPuzzleSingleplayerPsychologicalDark
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3 days ago · MR ROCK
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleIndieAtmosphericAdventureStory RichExplorationWalking Simulator

