Games Like Fear & Hunger

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.7%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Difficult 9.1%

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.2% ★, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Horror 12.1%, RPG 12%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%

F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.4%, Lovecraftian 14%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, RPG 8.1%

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: RPGMaker 39.2% ★, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 11.6%, RPG 10%, JRPG 4.3%

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Gore 16.4%, Roguelike 15.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Dark 10.6%

"As you blink the grogginess from your eyes, you remember what's happened and why you are here."Trapped within a forest of death, a white stag must find his way out before the hunter chasing him gains his prize. That is, unless the forest kills him first.(READ DESCRIPTION BEFORE PLAYING)

Why similar: RPGMaker 20.9% ★, Violent 18%, Gore 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Sexual Content 11%

What would you do for the person you love? Are you sure you're actually in love with them? They say love is all about sacrifice. What are you willing to lose for the one you supposedly love?

Why similar: RPGMaker 37.6% ★, Sexual Content 11.9%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 10.3%, Nudity 9.8%

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: Difficult 100%

"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25%, RPGMaker 13.2% ★, Sexual Content 11.4%, Gore 9.9%, Violent 9.2%

In a world corrupted by Eldritch abominations, Enzo must climb out of the hellish depths of the universe. From the Black Sea to the Planes of Neethan, it is your job to make your pilgrimage back to the Worlds above. In the black hell of this world, only Moths and demons await you.

Why similar: RPGMaker 26.1% ★, Sexual Content 17%, Gore 16.9%, Violent 15.7%, Nudity 12.2%

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Gore 20.3%, Sexual Content 16.1%, Horror 13.3%, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Nudity 9.4%

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Psychological Horror 27.6%, Violent 19.8%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 41%, RPG 28%, Horror 26%, 2D 5%

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Why similar: RPGMaker 49.3% ★, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Violent 9.6%, Dark 5.2%

Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.

Why similar: Gore 21.3%, Sexual Content 20.7%, Lovecraftian 17%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 8.8%

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Gore 38.9%, Violent 31.4%, Difficult 21.9%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Indie 2.5%

Nine Prophets: The Abyss, is a brutal, story-driven, horror RPG with roguelike elements. Featuring difficult, dismemberment turn based combat and strategic resource management. Craft Items, scavenge resources and fight alongside allies as you combat countless horrors and survive the unknowable.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.3%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, RPG 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%

Pathotaxia: PANDORA is an RPG Maker horror puzzle game where you explore Pathotaxia's setting, interact with strange characters, and view visual novel-like cgs as you progress through the game. Help Pandora as she seals demons back into her dolls and unravels the mystery behind her mother's death.

Why similar: RPGMaker 29.6% ★, Gore 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%

Blade of Acrimony is a Psychological Horror RPG where you take control of Sora Loyalar and follow her on her downward spiral into insanity.

Why similar: RPGMaker 30.7% ★, Gore 19.7%, Violent 18.5%, RPG 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 50.6%, Sexual Content 30.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Indie 4.3%, Adventure 3.7%

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 70.9%, Horror 20.2%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 4.2%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 36.5%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 11.5%, RPG 11%

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

Why similar: RPG 48.6%, Dark 24.7%, JRPG 17.9%, 2D 8.8%

50 years have passed since the monsters last threatened humanity. In those years, life has returned to normal. However, this peace can't last forever. Play as Rei Yagami as his life is changed forever.

Why similar: RPGMaker 28.2% ★, Sexual Content 19.5%, RPG 17.6%, Nudity 10.7%, Violent 8%

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 47.3%, Dark 28.5%, Roguelike 18.9%, 2D 3.2%, Adventure 2%

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Difficult 22.4%, Gore 21.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 14.7%, Lovecraftian 13.3%

Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?

Why similar: RPGMaker 31.6% ★, Gore 22.8%, Violent 19.6%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%

Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 48.7%, Difficult 20.4%, RPG 13.1%, Dark 12.6%, Atmospheric 3.8%

The Everley University of Magic has fallen, but a quest led you here... a mission still waiting to be fulfilled. Explore, fight, recruit and survive as you cross paths with other lost souls. A turn-based JRPG influenced by dungeon crawlers and survival horror.

Why similar: RPGMaker 29.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 24.4%, Horror 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, RPG 7.5%

As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 44.6%, Turn-Based Combat 34.6%, RPG 17.8%, 2D 2.9%

"All ended well.There was nothing to grieve about." A farewell, and a greeting.

Why similar: RPGMaker 35.1% ★, Gore 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Violent 13.7%, Horror 6.7%

Lead a cursed party through a ruined world in this grimdark side-scrolling RPG. Build your team, master tactical combat, and unleash forbidden powers to survive an endless parade of nightmares. Decide what, if anything, is worth salvaging from a world that has been reduced to ashes.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Violent 11.2%, Lovecraftian 11.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Horror 8.8%

"You're a demon child. Someday, you'll be burning in hell for your sins.". This is the fourth and final title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Will was running away from home with his mouse buddy Pop, until the two of them wandered into an abandoned building. What secrets lie hidden within?

Why similar: RPGMaker 36.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Violent 10.5%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: RPGMaker 55.6% ★, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, RPG 5.6%, Dark 3.2%

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Gore 25.4%, Horror 22.3%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!

Why similar: Roguelike 100%

You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon.

Why similar: RPGMaker 30.8% ★, Gore 14.8%, Violent 12%, Horror 10.6%, Lovecraftian 7.7%

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 52.7%, Difficult 21.9%, RPG 14.8%, Dark 5.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%

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.

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Gore 25.1%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Defeat your enemies , take their body parts to replace yours and become another strong boss yourself.

Why similar: Gore 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Sexual Content 11.1%, Lovecraftian 10.3%, Violent 8.8%

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Gore 22.6%, Violent 18.7%, Difficult 18.3%, Psychological Horror 7.1%

A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired with the works of Lovecraft, Giger and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to the dark ecstasy.

Why similar: Sexual Content 28%, Nudity 17.2%, Gore 13.8%, Lovecraftian 12.4%, Horror 12.3%

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Difficult 28.6%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, RPG 17.9%, Dark 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 18.2%, Gore 15.2%, Violent 11.5%, Dark 11%

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

Why similar: RPGMaker 36.6% ★, Horror 21.5%, Gore 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, RPG 6.7%

In Felvidek, a JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia, you embrace the role of an alcoholic knight Pavol. Meet diverse and interesting characters to help you drive out the Hussites and Ottomans who blight this land.

Why similar: RPGMaker 34.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 31.2%, RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, JRPG 7.5%

After Haze's sister is sexually assaulted by an online predator, he begins using her online handle to bait other predators to his home to murder. || Dr. James Samson struggles to help a young victim of an assault while fighting corrupt hospital politics and practices.

Why similar: RPGMaker 32% ★, Sexual Content 18.3%, Gore 16.2%, Violent 15.2%, RPG 12.7%

Stalked, loved, abducted. it's only a matter of time before he gets you and he WILL get you, or else another will. The question is, will you escape? Or submit?

Why similar: Sexual Content 24.2%, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Horror 10.5%, Gore 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, RPG 9%

Non-linear dramatic story about a paladin that left his home monastery for the first time to go on quest. The quest appeared harder that paladin throught: she is haunted by demons now, and the only people who coul help her - ancient rivals of paladins, the Duids.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.3% ★, Sexual Content 17.6%, RPG 15.2%, Nudity 12.6%, Violent 11.3%

WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

Why similar: Indie 100%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Atmospheric 58.7%, Adventure 41.3%

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Gore 15.4%, Violent 13.3%, Lovecraftian 12.7%

Kill cosmic gods and their fascist sycophants in a post-entropy future. Become Violence. Become Romantic.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.3%, Horror 9.4%, RPG 7.7%, Dungeon Crawler 7.6%

Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?

Why similar: Sexual Content 32.9%, Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 21.5%, RPG 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.4%

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.3%, Horror 34.4%, RPG 15.9%, Adventure 3.4%

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.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.4%, Horror 40%, Adventure 4.2%, Indie 2.5%

She waits. Explore an abandoned house in black and white as you solve cryptic puzzles and try to make discoveries. If you like to work with others to discover things, then you may like this game. I hope you love it, I really hope you do.

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.2% ★, Sexual Content 15.8%, Horror 12.9%, Violent 12.7%, Gore 11.4%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Gore 18.4%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Nudity 9.7%