- #1 FLATHEAD
79% matchVery Positive95% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Roguelite 10.3%, Horror 8.5%
- #2 They Watch
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: CCGS
Windows
Acrade-style horror where you confront otherworldly entities and do everything in your power to escape the mazes you wake up in.
Why similar: Difficult 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Thriller 13.4%, Horror 11.9%, Perma Death 11.7%
- #3 No One Leaves the Field
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows
A first-person folk horror game set on a cursed farm where the wheat shifts each time you enter. Search for your car keys, uncover the family’s dark ritual, and beware—something ancient walks between the stalks.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 14.2%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Thriller 12.7%
- #4 The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes
76% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Mayuns Games
Windows
"The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes" is a first-person survival horror game where you navigate a maze-like, ever-changing procedurally generated environment. With stealth, speed, and strategy, evade monsters and conserve limited resources to maintain your sanity and escape this nightmarish dimension.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Horror 13.5%
- #5 Retreat From Darkness
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
You were a scrapper living out the wastes in deep space, but now you have to leave. In this survival horror roguelike you have no choice but to gather resources, one abandoned station at a time, until you can reach the portal home and flee from the horrors of the Dark Sector.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Horror 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #6 Feed the Deep
73% matchVery Positive90% of 470 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Muscat
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Roguelite 16.1%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Roguelike 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #7 Last Chance Market
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Premonition Games
Windows
When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #8 That Abysmal Place
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Void Media
Windows
A nightmarish 2D roguelite that will leave you questioning your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Roguelite 16%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 12.4%, Horror 12.3%
- #9 ALONE: Mnemophobia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: River Flower Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in a world of nightmares with Alone. A roguelite psychological horror game that blends first and third-person perspectives. It will become a part of your mind, just as your mind will become a part of it with every decision you make.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.2%, Roguelite 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Horror 12.7%
- #10 Dwelling on the Hill
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apocrifa Labs Interactive
Windows
Sealed inside by a cosmic anomaly. In this house that defies the laws of physics, evade the Entity that manipulates your mind. Your only aid is an experimental device that reveals illusions. A 90-minute, intense, and Lovecraftian psychological horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Lore-Rich 16%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, Thriller 10.4%
- #11 GANGSTALK
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jam2goPub: Lithodelphis
Windows
GANGSTALK is a psychological horror game from the POV of your stalkers.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.4%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Perma Death 15%, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%
- #12 Seals of Madness
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.2%
- #13 Knock On The Window
68% matchVery Positive90% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Games
Windows
Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Lore-Rich 17%, Horror 15.7%, Thriller 12.8%, Psychological 10.7%
- #14 The Academy of the Cosmic Realm
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Moss Games
Windows
The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Horror 16.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #15 BAD SECTOR ³
68% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Gine
Windows
The Cube summons you. A sentient structure of many floors where every mistake drags you farther from the exit. Detect the bad sectors, climb through the levels… and try to break the cycle.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 17.4%, Procedural Generation 14%, Roguelite 13.7%, Mystery 11.4%
- #16 CATAFALQUE™
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO ANNOLUCE™
Windows
Stranded alone in an unfamiliar place, with only a lugubrious coffin at your side. Dive deep into this melancholic and macabre tale of death, grief and despair as you try to piece together the intricate lore while facing entities far beyond human comprehension. A love letter to games of yore.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Perma Death 11.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #17 King of Silence - Prologue
66% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Embark on a chilling journey in King of Silence, a first-person horror game where silence is survival. Trapped in a dark, abandoned temple, you must quietly uncover its secrets and the eerie legend of the King of Silence to find your escape. Make a sound, and it may be your last.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Psychological 17.6%, Horror 16.7%, Mystery 13.1%
- #18 Don't Look Back
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Damage Control
Windows
You've taken what seems like an easy task: find missing clues to unlock doors that will lead you to secrets of the abandoned house. What you don't know is the danger that lurks inside and outside the house!
Why similar: Nonlinear 22%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14%, Thriller 12.5%
- #19 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
66% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Psychological Horror 18%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Dark 8.9%
- #20 Eldritch Climb: A Cursed Ascent
66% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Covert Wonders
Windows
A physics-based roguelite where the mountain is alive, the items are cursed, and collecting Eyes only makes things worse. Swing your way to the top. It won't kill you. Probably.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Perma Death 16.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, Procedural Generation 15%, Lore-Rich 14.8%
- #21 Hope Harrison
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skydavis Games
Windows
Hope Harrison takes a twist on the survival horror genre and remixes it with Hand Crafted RNG, Nightmarish Monsters and Permadeath. Can you find hope?
Why similar: Perma Death 20%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Difficult 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 10.8%
- #22 Hellrooms
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stareye Games
Windows
Hellrooms: 4-player co-op horror in liminal spaces. Realistic graphics, procedural levels, terrifying entities. Swim, solve puzzles, survive together. Upgrade characters, master skills. Entities listen to voice chat! Experience classic and new backrooms horrors. Unique playthroughs. Free updates!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Psychological 11.9%, Horror 11.3%
- #23 Beneath The Bell
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pierpiero
Windows
Beneath the Bell is a horror game that combines exploration, bizarre puzzles, and frightening paranormal phenomena, all enriched by brief action sessions. A gloomy and disturbing atmosphere, which changes and deforms due to paranormal events that you will unintentionally trigger.
Why similar: Thriller 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 16.1%, Psychological 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #24 Death From The Darkness
66% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Vitalii Pepko
Windows
"Death From The Darkness" is a hardcore horror game in which you have to survive in harsh conditions in a fight with an ancient vampire. Hints are minimal; you have to be alert and use your wits to survive.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.4%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Thriller 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Horror 13.7%
- #25 Effigy : The Descent
67% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: EfficiencyPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Psychological 11.7%, Horror 10%
- #26 SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind
66% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Netherlate Games
Windows
You are a Class D personnel on an experimental mission for the Foundation to investigate SCP-479. The facility is linked to anomalies affecting the human psyche, gradually driving them insane. Please remember to take your pills.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 10.7%
- #27 Night Shift Dissonance
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delightful Victory
Windows
Identify Clients, find out what they want, and deliver items in a timely manner. If you make it to the end of the week you won't live to see another day of work!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Difficult 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.4%
- #28 The Dark Plague : Trials Of Galwefeld
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unpopular Opinion
Windows · Linux
Dark Plague is a top-down, horror, stealth, roguelite. Navigate the pitch black forest with only your lantern. Don't get detected, forage for ingredients, craft decoctions to keep the plague under control, and aid you in the darkness. Navigate deep into the woods to find a cure, or perish forever.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.6%, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Roguelite 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 12.3%
- #29 Eldritch Empathy
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUAL Games KIG
Windows
Learn the language of an eldritch behemoth in the Lovecraftian rogue-lite Eldritch Empathy. Study cosmic horrors to uncover their mysteries or eliminate them and face the repercussions. Your decisions will shape the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Roguelite 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Horror 12%, Mystery 10.2%
- #30 MOTHER
66% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2020
Dev: Anya Segarane
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.9%, Perma Death 20.7%, Horror 16.6%, Thriller 15.9%, Psychological 12%
- #31 Soul Split
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lanthanum Studios
Windows · Linux
Soul Split is a magical action-roguelite set within a cursed dungeon sequestered near the edge of the world. Uncover secrets, befriend strange creatures, and harness the power of a sandbox hundreds of spells strong to burn your path to the dungeon's heart.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.4%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Difficult 16.3%, Roguelite 15.2%, Procedural Generation 13.2%
- #32 The Backrooms: Found Footage
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
Windows
The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.3%, Nonlinear 16%, Roguelite 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Procedural Generation 12.2%
- #33 Open or Die
63% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: SVGames
Windows
In front of you are boxes. Some contain diamonds, while others contain death. How many times are you willing to take a risk to win in this deadly gambling show? Manipulate the odds and use items to emerge victorious. What will prove stronger, your greed or your instinct for self-preservation?
Why similar: Roguelite 24.5%, Roguelike 23%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 8.8%
- #34 Necropolis Suite
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Roguelite 15.2%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #35 Ramona
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Daniele Doesn't MatterPub: Doesn't Matter Games
Windows
Ramona is a first-person psychological horror set in the 1970s. Use a camera to reveal the invisible, follow Ramona’s rules, and explore rooms filled with puzzles and disturbing memories in a house haunted by secrets and remorse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Thriller 17.3%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological 13.7%
- #36 Paranormal Simulator
65% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Quasar Jogos
Windows
As a paranormal investigator, your job is to discover the magical properties of anomalous items and find creative ways to use them against supernatural creatures. Without accidentally being abducted by a dark entity or suffering a bizarre anomalous effect, of course!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological 10.1%, Horror 10%
- #37 Moonbase Lambda
62% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Thunderfox Studio
Windows
The base is silent—as if abandoned. The air feels heavy, and oxygen is running out. In the shadows, something stirs. You can hear it, but you can’t see it. Every step echoes in the darkness, every sound makes your pulse race. Survive. Escape. Before time runs out.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.8%, Difficult 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Horror 12%
- #38 Hide Alone
64% matchMostly Positive73% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 16.4%, Difficult 16.3%, Thriller 13.8%, Psychological 10.4%
- #39 Túatha Echoes: The Village
62% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Freki GamesPub: Heathen
Windows
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25%, Lovecraftian 22.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Horror 13.7%
- #40 Night Shift at the Museum
61% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Infinity Pixel Games
Windows
Watch the cameras. Spot the anomalies. Report every irregularity. Fix systems and meet your report quota. But when strange events pull you out of the security room, the museum becomes dangerous. This is no longer a typical night shift when your reflection starts moving on its own.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.1%, Roguelike 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Thriller 13.4%, Horror 12.2%
- #41 Embrace of the Downpour
64% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathon Baroi
Windows
"Embrace of the Downpour" is a psychological horror experience set in a lonely apartment, where you face an unexpected series of events. Can you handle the unfolding madness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Thriller 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 12.5%
- #42 Omitted
65% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Thriller 18.7%, Psychological 18.1%, Horror 15.2%, Mystery 11.5%
- #43 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
64% matchVery Positive87% of 2,400 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Thriller 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%
- #44 Gloom
66% matchVery Positive83% of 602 reviews2017
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, Difficult 15.2%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 13.1%, Perma Death 12.3%
- #45 Dreams in the Witch House
63% matchVery Positive93% of 417 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.9%, Lovecraftian 24.5%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Horror 10.2%, Mystery 10.1%
- #46 PERDITION VILLAGE
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUIET TOWN STUDIO™
Windows · Mac
Survival horror adventure with 2D pixel graphics and scary story in an dark abandoned village.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.4%, Lovecraftian 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Thriller 12.5%, Horror 12.2%
- #47 Cursed Halls
62% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Cursed Halls" is a horror game set in dark, cursed locations where survival is your only goal. Face unique demons in each level, search for items, and find a way out. With randomized placements, multiple escape routes, and permadeath, every playthrough is a terrifying challenge.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.1%, Difficult 15.5%, Roguelike 13.5%, Thriller 13.4%, Horror 12.6%
- #48 Abaddon
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nice to meet studios LTD
Windows
Abaddon is a first-person psychological horror game steeped in Lovecraftian elements. Descend into a haunting story as you take on the role of Jimmy, searching for his missing brother Georgie while confronting his past in a nightmarish world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Thriller 15.9%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 7.7%
- #49 Terror in the Corn
62% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: FreakZone Games
Windows
The witch’s ominous chanting echoes through the corn field, a rogues' gallery of deranged monsters is out for your blood, an eerie mist rolls in from worlds unknown... and you don’t even remember how you got here. Can you escape the Terror in the Corn?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.9%, Horror 18.4%, Thriller 17.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Dark 9.9%
- #50 Creeping Clark
61% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: NeroGameDev
Windows
After escaping her abusive brother, Sophie seeks a fresh start in a remote house in Hawthorn's forest. But strange events unfold, and her unsettling housemate, Elise, may be hiding something. Is it just her anxiety, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 16.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Psychological 11.9%
- #51 Echoes of Sin: Confusion
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDcoris
Windows
Echoes of Sin: Confusion is a first-person psychological horror game built around looping structure, where each player experiences a different cycle. Surviving unpredictable anomalies opens new possibilities while closing others.
Why similar: Horror 15.2%, Psychological 15%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 12.8%
- #52 Habilis
61% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A first person / body cam, Lovecraft style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Descend into the T.R.P Facility while evading monsters by hide in lockers, and discover over 30 minutes of professionally recorded audio logs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Psychological 9.5%
- #53 LoYuno - Horror Escape
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim Soloha
Windows
You were kidnapped by a crazy girl. And your phone started predicting her future for a short time. It's up to you to find out who she is, why this day doesn't end, and how to get out of this house.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological 9.5%
- #54 Eko and the Bewitched Lands
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twin Studios
Windows
Eko and the Bewitched Lands is a randomly generated Action Adventure RPG with Rogue-like and Puzzle elements. Help Eko rescue the Princess from the Dark Queen. During your journey you will find different weapons, abilities and artifacts that will change the way you play.
Why similar: Difficult 21%, Roguelite 17.7%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Roguelike 15.9%, Dark 9.9%
- #55 The Shift
61% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: HTY
Windows
The Shift is a first-person 3D psychological horror game where you play as a night shift cashier in an isolated gas station, performing routine tasks while uncovering disturbing, unexplained events.
Why similar: Thriller 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21%, Psychological 16.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Horror 14.8%
- #56 Casting Whispers
60% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 11.5%, Thriller 11%, Mystery 10.9%
- #57 Farmer Fowl's Farmhouse
60% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Chatter Games
Windows
You are Eli, a salvage assessor sent to evaluate the remains of Farmer Fowl's Farmhouse. A place that once held many dreams, now consumed by a tragic nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Horror 22.4%, Lore-Rich 21.2%, Thriller 16.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #58 Lightless
60% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Nychta
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where you throw glowing orbs to navigate a collapsing mine — and uncover the dark truth behind your missing father.
Why similar: Thriller 22%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 19%, Psychological 13.7%, Mystery 10.3%
- #59 Destiny Isle
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Lore-Rich 24.2%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 9.3%
- #60 Evade The Taxman
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STM
Windows
A frightening singleplayer survival horror game where you have to find and collect a certain amount of bills spread randomly over several specific areas. Then once you have all the bills, you need to run to the exit.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.3%, Difficult 20.3%, Nonlinear 17%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.2%