- #1 Cry Of Monster
97% matchMixed51% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: MindBreak
Windows
Everything fell apart. People started getting sick… not in a normal way. Now the city is desolate, and the only thing that matters is finding out if your best friend is still alive. You'll have to explore, run, hide, and face the contamination.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Adventure 19.8%, Strategy 16.4%, Horror 15.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #2 Blackthorne's Manor
96% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Error 404 Studios
Windows
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Adventure 20.7%, Horror 16.3%, Investigation 15.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 11.9%
- #3 Kach
96% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Adventure 21.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #4 Poopy's Playland
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: EmilJoes Games
Windows
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Horror 16.6%, Investigation 11.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.3%
- #5 The Painscreek Killings
94% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 30.8%, Horror 18.1%, Exploration 10%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 9.1%
- #6 Dreamless
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years — and it is happening again. You are a high school student about to turn 18… But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 14.3%, First-Person 14%, Mystery 9.3%
- #7 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
93% matchVery Positive95% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 24.9%, First-Person 14%, Adventure 13.8%, Investigation 10.8%
- #8 Senior Sunset
92% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: DecagerDev
Windows
35 dead students, dozens of silenced parents, and one police coverup later you decide it's time to take matters into your own hands. You descend into the depths of your high school to figure out what really happened to your classmates.
Why similar: Survival Horror 46.3%, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Puzzle 8%
- #9 Unanswered
90% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, First-Person 18.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #10 Children of Silentown: Prologue
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 7.8%
- #11 Into The Unknown
91% matchMixed69% of 103 reviews2016
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows · Mac
There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?
Why similar: Adventure 81.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #12 Cursed 2
89% matchVery Positive95% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: Disaster Squad Productions
Windows
Search a desolate town for traces of your childhood friend. A point&click adventure with action combat.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Adventure 21.7%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #13 失踪した友人の部屋に残されていたゲーム
89% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: rentaka
Windows
would like you to solve the mystery contained in the game.
Why similar: Horror 53.9%, Adventure 32.1%, Singleplayer 7.6%, 3D 6.4%
- #14 Demon Of The Dark
88% matchMixed64% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Green Stream Studio
Windows
A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Investigation 21.9%, Horror 21.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #15 Marie's Room
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,711 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: First-Person 20.5%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%
- #16 Fayburrow
86% matchVery Positive81% of 489 reviews2022
Dev: The Fayburrow TroupePub: The Animation Workshop VIA
Windows
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Investigation 34.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #17 THANATOS
85% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Adventure 26.8%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 12.7%
- #18 ALONE?
86% matchMixed41% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Adventure 32.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Indie 7.6%
- #19 Whitehaven
84% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.4%, Horror 24.1%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 4.1%
- #20 Blameless
83% matchVery Positive84% of 5,119 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 44.6%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Puzzle 9%
- #21 Fateful Destiny
82% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Zaorus Games
Windows
Can you uncover the truth, or will the mystery remain buried? Explore a village, make final choices, and shape a story you can never undo.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, First-Person 19.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Puzzle 12.5%
- #22 Black Rose
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 989 reviews2016
Dev: Sir Bedlam Productions
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Equipped with a flashlight, investigate an abandoned funeral home that's said to be haunted. Find out what really happened to the people who once worked there, and hope that this dark, eerie building doesn't become your final resting place.
Why similar: Horror 45.2%, Survival Horror 31.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #23 MUZY
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew RybisPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.9%, Horror 23%, Adventure 18.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #24 Days Without Incident
79% matchVery Positive94% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Survival Horror 22.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #25 Garten of Banban 0
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,445 reviews2025
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.7%, Horror 25.3%, First-Person 14.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 8%
- #26 [Chilla's Art] Missing Children | 行方不明
81% matchVery Positive84% of 659 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Missing Children | 行方不明 is a Japanese horror-themed adventure game about a bully detective searching for reported missing children.
Why similar: Horror 31.5%, Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 19.5%, First-Person 9%, Indie 4.9%
- #27 No Results Found
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,027 reviews2026
Dev: Zzangdol GamesPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows · Mac
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Why similar: Investigation 45%, Horror 17.9%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 4.8%
- #28 Crow Country
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,366 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Survival Horror 51.2%, Horror 21.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Female Protagonist 7%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #29 Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1
81% matchVery Positive86% of 640 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...
Why similar: Investigation 34.6%, Horror 28.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #30 THE MUTE HOUSE
78% matchVery Positive80% of 309 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.3%, Horror 20.8%, Adventure 9%, Exploration 7.7%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #31 Fingerbones
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,607 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Horror 25.8%, Investigation 20.6%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 9%
- #32 Joy Land
78% matchMixed66% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: MK Creations
Windows
Lewis, an intelligent detective, finds himself on a mission to uncover the truth behind the many disappearances including his sister's. With the help of Joy, Lewis is going to explore what lies behind these walls. only to realize that there's much more to discover than he initially thought.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 8.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, First-Person 8.2%
- #33 Abnormal1999:Sector 49
76% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
Why similar: Adventure 30.7%, Horror 22.9%, Exploration 15.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, Mystery 7.9%
- #34 Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
73% matchVery Positive96% of 467 reviews2026
Dev: MediaTale
Windows
Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Adventure 18%, Exploration 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%, First-Person 11.1%
- #35 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,884 reviews2019
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Every kid has that one toy that scares them, imagine if it came to life. You play as Ruby, a young girl who has a fear of her handmade toy called Mr. Hopp. Things take a dark turn when Ruby sees that Mr. Hopp, who usually sits motionless in the corner of her room, is gone.
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Survival Horror 39.7%, Strategy 8.8%, Female Protagonist 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #36 Consternation II
75% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: CrackedGhostGamesPub: Raster_Entertainment
Windows
After an unfortunate accident at Sorley Paper Mill, the facility was abandoned and left to rot. Multiple urban explorers venture into the facility, never to be heard from again. Police eventually walled off the mill in order to keep trespassers out... Or to keep something in...
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Horror 17.7%, Investigation 10.9%, Adventure 9.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #37 Like Clay
76% matchVery Positive87% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Horror 53%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 12.3%
- #38 Meridian 157: Chapter 1
73% matchVery Positive93% of 373 reviews2020
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...
Why similar: Investigation 25.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Puzzle 14.8%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 11.9%
- #39 The Girl in the Window
71% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Dark Dome Studios
Windows
A girl appears at the window of an abandoned house, untouched for 20 years. Enter its eerie rooms, solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and discover the dark secret that began the mysteries of Hidden Town.
Why similar: Adventure 30.7%, Horror 20.3%, Puzzle 15%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Logic 10%
- #40 Missing Hiker
71% matchVery Positive85% of 3,775 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 10%, Mystery 7.5%
- #41 Dear Brother
74% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Female Protagonist 7%, Indie 5.5%
- #42 My Grandparents' Christmas Mystery
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
Grandma never showed up and Grandpa's tragic passing 3 days later left me in anger, confusion and sadness. I couldn't just let this go like it never happened, so I decided to go and find out what happened on my own. Will you survive a first-person psychological horror game and uncover the mystery?
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Horror 19.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Adventure 8%, Exploration 6.9%
- #43 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
72% matchVery Positive94% of 667 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.
Why similar: Survival Horror 51%, Horror 25.8%, Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #44 You see me?
72% matchMixed66% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Zeneki
Windows
On the edge of the abyss, having lost someone dear, the hero searches for meaning—until fate leads him to a mysterious wanderer whose silent presence brings hope.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.9%, Horror 24.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #45 The Tavern In the Woods
71% matchVery Positive79% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Chris J MitchellPub: Motion Forge CG
Windows
"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Survival Horror 16%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Investigation 12.8%
- #46 [Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Yuki Onna | 雪女 is a PS1 inspired survival horror game. Some children went missing out of the blue. You receive a letter that says, "Come alone or I'll freeze them to death." Out of desperation, you decide to embark on a daunting rescue mission to an abandoned inn up the piercing cold mountains.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 24.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 8.3%
- #47 Echoes of Dread
69% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Wake up inside an abandoned mansion. Uncover the dark fate of a missing family. Survive the presence that stalks you within these walls.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Horror 25%, First-Person 14.5%, Exploration 8.1%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #48 Rental
66% matchVery Positive92% of 5,674 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 45.1%, Exploration 15.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Female Protagonist 6.3%
- #49 Witching Hour
70% matchMixed68% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.2%, Horror 25.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Mystery 8.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #50 Something Strange
69% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Horror 67.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Indie 5%
- #51 Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue
66% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: Immeta StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
You are trapped in the observatory of a star-obsessed professor atop Mount Clearveil. Plan your survival during the day, confront the darkness of the basement at night. Can you break the ritual and uncover the mystery?
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Adventure 19.3%, First-Person 18.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 12.8%
- #52 InVein
66% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: SlowDrip StudiosPub: Student Game Developer Association
Windows
Traverse this never-ending hospital as you discover clues of where and who you are. As each day passes by, the world around you decays, and you can’t help but wonder what is real. Utilize your time and resources as you roam these collapsing halls, but be careful; you may not be alone after all...
Why similar: Survival Horror 38.7%, Horror 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #53 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
70% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Horror 16.7%, Indie 11.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Mystery 5.5%
- #54 Karisvale
68% matchVery Positive94% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #55 A Night at the Watermill
67% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Horror 28.4%, Exploration 14.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #56 TELEFORUM
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,569 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #57 The Tragedy at Deer Creek
65% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Sparrowland
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.
Why similar: Investigation 27%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #58 Left in the Dark: No One on Board
69% matchVery Positive83% of 787 reviews2014
Dev: Moonrise InteractivePub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Adventure 31.4%, Horror 21.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #59 Hidden Shelter
70% matchMixed56% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: White Vortex Games
Windows
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
Why similar: Survival Horror 32.8%, Horror 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 6.1%
- #60 OBSCURIA
68% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Adventure 24.4%, First-Person 18.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Indie 8.6%