15 Dark games like Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack does: horror tension, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings 2D presentation.

The thread back to Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack runs through visual novel storytelling, a casual, approachable feel and an anime aesthetic. Both also lean on single-player focus. What it adds of its own: deep simulation.

It meets Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack on visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on setting.

Its point of contact with Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. Its own ground is deep simulation.

Its point of contact with Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

What carries over from Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in setting — its own ground is exploration and discovery.

Held in common with Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack: visual novel storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and an anime aesthetic. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack, and so does adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: a third-person camera.

On paper it is what Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is — visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack’s, and with it visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. The common ground extends to a first-person view and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack’s, and with it visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and an anime aesthetic. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a third-person camera.

What carries over from Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on tone.

The genre is the same as Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack’s, and with it visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: pixel art.

Its point of contact with Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack is visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone: puzzle design and a sci-fi setting.

Genre puts it alongside Doki Doki Literature Club Fan Pack, and so does visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: 2D presentation.