Games like Pink Noise
by Somber Games
Scarlet Hollow and Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut play most like Pink Noise. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its visual novel, choices matter and psychological horror; 4 came out in the last year and 8 are free or under $10. The best known is The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, with 36,717 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
Scarlet Hollow
Jun 11, 2021 · 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👍 4,877Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Oct 23, 2023 · 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👍 32,195Monsters of Little Haven
Jul 9, 2019 · Nikita Igorevich Studio
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
HorrorVisual NovelCasualInteractive FictionText-BasedPsychological HorrorChoices MatterNonlinearMultiple EndingsStory Rich👍 339The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Oct 13, 2023 · Kit9 Studio
Both: Multiple Endings · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
PsychologicalDark ComedyStory RichMultiple EndingsVisual NovelPsychological HorrorChoices MatterSingleplayerHand-drawnDark👍 36,717Corpse Party (2021)
Oct 20, 2021 · MAGES.
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
HorrorPsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsDarkStory RichAdventureRPGAnime👍 1,432恐怖夜話
Apr 8 · ひめこ
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Horror
At soccer camp, a teacher tells two unsettling tales: a strange presence in the mountains and a body bundled in a sheet by the sea. They should be mere ghost stories—but something feels wrong. A short psychological horror visual novel, lasting about an hour.
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorHorrorChoices MatterText-BasedMysteryInteractive Fiction2DAdventureSingleplayer👍 153The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Jul 24, 2017 · 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 RichAdventureGorePsychological HorrorAnimeMultiple Endings👍 1,306Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Aug 26, 2020 · Nikita Kryukov
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Horror
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorHorrorExperimentalPsychologicalAbstractInteractive FictionText-BasedAdventureAnime👍 31,836Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
Oct 28, 2025 · InEv Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Visual Novel · Multiple Endings
A short, branching interactive story of psychological horror. You receive a letter from your former lover, who vanished five years ago: "I will give birth to our creation," it says. Across three acts, explore the labyrinths of a delusion where memories and obsessions intertwine.
Psychological HorrorVisual NovelMultiple EndingsDark FantasyStory RichHorrorSingleplayerChoices MatterPsychologicalInteractive FictionMesmalie
Jul 9 · Rain (orbitaldot)
Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
MESMALIE is an occult adventure game. A magickal incident in your personal life brings you to a small witches' coven in the middle of nowhere. Here, you'll learn to tame your ability... though, not without some bumps along the way.
Interactive FictionPoint & ClickVisual NovelDark Comedy2DChoices MatterMultiple EndingsNonlinearStory RichDialogue Heavy👍 1,201ghostpia Season One
Aug 22, 2023 · Chosuido, 超水道
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
SingleplayerHorrorVisual NovelPsychological HorrorDating SimStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterInteractive FictionAdventure👍 871正体 SHOUT-AI
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 FictionCute2DZero Escape: The Nonary Games
Mar 24, 2017 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Choices Matter
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Visual NovelStory RichPuzzleMysteryChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPsychological HorrorAnimeAdventureEscape Room👍 7,028Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
Jan 10, 2025 · ThePenSword
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Psychological Horror
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Visual NovelChoices MatterPsychological HorrorStory RichHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureSimulationRomanceAnimeLore-Rich👍 114My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
Dec 26, 2019 · Nikita Igorevich Studio
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.
IndieChoices MatterPsychologicalVisual NovelAtmosphericInteractive FictionHorror👍 498The Shell Part I: Inferno
Jul 27, 2023 · Innocent Grey
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Psychological Horror
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Visual NovelDetectiveMysteryPsychological HorrorChoices MatterRomanceAtmosphericCultDarkRetro👍 1,3137Days Origins
May 2, 2021 · Buff Studio
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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
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Sep 15, 2025 · Trioskaz
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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.
HorrorPsychological HorrorChoices MatterIndieSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericMultiple EndingsDarkFirst-Person👍 27,442