- #1 Project Tape
72% matchMixed67% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Stealth StudioPub: Stealth Studio UE
Windows
Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from
Why similar: Psychological Horror 58.3%, Horror 25.8%, Indie 15.9%
- #2 CALENDULA
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 364 reviews2016
Dev: Blooming Buds Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.2%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 13.7%
- #3 Kuchisake Onna - 口裂け女
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: George ConstantinouPub: Constantinou
Windows
Kuchisake-Onna is a first-person horror adventure game based on a Japanese myth. The gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid “Kuchisake-Onna” or else the Slit Mouthed Woman, there are also some puzzles for the player to solve, making gameplay more various.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50.7%, Indie 25.4%, Horror 23.9%
- #4 HGPP
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: joid
Windows
a p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.3%, Horror 27.3%, Indie 15.3%
- #5 _dive
73% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: lower third
Windows
A story about escapism.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50.3%, Indie 32.5%, Horror 17.1%
- #6 The Interview
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Anothink
Windows
Adam Ridgewell is invited to a job interview, but things will get dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.6%, Indie 28.8%, Horror 17.5%
- #7 Neural: Forbidden
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: NoDays Games
Windows
Natasha descends into a place that doesn’t exist, shaped by guilt, fear, and memory. Among the ruins of thoughts and the echoes of a familiar voice, reality twists like a dream. - Where am I?... Dad? A psychological horror and puzzle game that seeks to disturb you before going to sleep.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.8%, Indie 38.3%, Horror 17.9%
- #8 Halu - The Fracture
69% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Hwaye Studio
Windows
An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.9%, Horror 23.3%, Indie 14.8%
- #9 FM
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Jordan B Cutler
Windows
A mysterious radio announcer describes a recent murder-suicide as the unknown protagonist navigates through an ever-shifting environment.
Why similar: Indie 47.2%, Psychological Horror 36.7%, Horror 16.1%
- #10 4D Minesweeper
71% matchVery Positive94% of 658 reviews2018
Dev: Julian Schlüntz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
4D Minesweeper brings the classic mechanics of Minesweeper into the fourth dimension and adds some new features to it.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 77.1%, Indie 12.6%, Horror 10.3%
- #11 Lost Roads
71% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: tRb
Windows
Lost Roads is a psychological horror game in a world where undecipherable mysteries hide, are you ready to start the game?
Why similar: Indie 51.3%, Psychological Horror 35.4%, Horror 13.3%
- #12 ANDROMALIUS
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Unit Zero Studio
Windows
Spending the first night in a new apartment can be quite nervewracking. New sounds, and thin walls that seperate you from others in the complex. Do you trust your new surroundings?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52%, Horror 24.3%, Indie 23.8%
- #13 The Paperman
70% matchMixed69% of 315 reviews2019
Dev: Proto1Studios
Windows
Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.
Why similar: Indie 49%, Psychological Horror 34.1%, Horror 16.9%
- #14 I'm on Observation Duty
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,183 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.5%, Horror 25.3%, Indie 21.1%
- #15 Bonbon
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 261 reviews2017
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A thirty-minute childhood-horror walking-sim about toys and a giant rat. A short, single-sitting experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.5%, Indie 32.1%, Horror 24.4%
- #16 Stairs
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 360 reviews2015
Dev: GreyLight EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. Start preparing yourself now, for to descend down these steps is to descend into madness...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.7%, Horror 28%, Indie 23.3%
- #17 Yearning
69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Nyan_Fort
Windows
This 2D horror game is set in Edo period of Japan. The girl notices that her old sister has disappeared. The girl will look for her and clues of her. What will the girl find in end of the story?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.2%, Indie 26.7%, Horror 20.1%
- #18 Tuun
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voltage Games
Windows
Horror set in the dark and mysterious Yakutia. Explore abandoned villages, uncover Soviet-era secrets, and face unexplained phenomena that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Indie 30.6%, Horror 20.1%
- #19 Deep Inside
66% matchVery Positive84% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Nick Abrams
Windows
Deep Inside - is a first-person psychological horror game! You are a police officer trying to find out who is behind the most high-profile murders in the city and have therefore become the number one target for a maniac!
Why similar: Indie 57%, Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 13.2%
- #20 DYING: Reborn
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.2%, Indie 23.3%, Horror 13.5%
- #21 Night at the lake: Silent Watcher
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N0tVen0s
Windows
A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.4%, Horror 25.5%, Indie 17%
- #22 Strange Night
68% matchMixed60% of 472 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Indie 25.9%, Horror 24.8%
- #23 While Sleeping
65% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
A first-person horror game dealing with sleep paralysis. You are lying in bed, unable to move, experiencing creepy phenomena and having to survive until morning from ghosts.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.7%, Horror 27%, Indie 18.3%
- #24 Lonepath
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Bogdan Zigmund
Windows
Lonepath is an atmospheric mystery game with a 1940s-inspired aesthetic, in which retired police officer turned detective Elric Greenhill sets out on the tail of a serial killer.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.5%, Indie 29.3%, Horror 19.3%
- #25 The Eerie Inn
67% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Przestraszeni
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.1%, Indie 29.1%, Horror 21.9%
- #26 The Railroad Crossing
65% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Garu
Windows
The railroad crossing I walk by every day… something’s off.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51%, Indie 26.4%, Horror 22.7%
- #27 Super Monkey
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: glp
Windows
Super Monkey is the Mario game style with very funny gameplay.Simple gameplay, nice graphic, funny monsters and sound, very funny and very interesting, Players can collect gold in exchange for clothing, skin, and new weapons as they go through the gates. Game for everybody!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 65.6%, Indie 34.4%
- #28 New kind of adventure
67% matchMixed42% of 1,516 reviews2015
Dev: Mint Age StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
New kind of adventure is a 3D adventure game with RPG elements. Mary hides in a wardrobe after her parents had a fight. She falls asleep. When Mary awakes, she discovers that she is in a beautiful, magical world with giant strawberries and magical druids!With her new friend Aquarius, Mary must find a way back to the real world!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 56.2%, Indie 25.8%, Horror 18%
- #29 Klasztorna: Lost Within
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rylume Games
Windows
A psychological horror where you're trapped inside your own school, hunted by an unrelenting entity. As you search for an escape, the walls shift around you, and reality begins to distort. Escaping is just as important as keeping your sanity intact.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 67.3%, Horror 23%, Indie 9.7%
- #30 Joana's Life
66% matchMostly Negative31% of 228 reviews2016
Dev: Old Shack StudioPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In a peaceful part of the town, a series of deaths occur, seemingly random at first, but gruesome in their nature. One day, you find an object that doesn't belong in your house. An old, worn-out, stained mirror. You'll come to discover that the simple mirror isn't the only thing that is out of place.
Why similar: Indie 51.4%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Horror 18.5%
- #31 Do Not Disturb
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UppercaseUnderscore
Windows
A short horror walking simulator where you traverse through the endless hallways of a strange hotel, searching for a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.3%, Indie 28.6%, Horror 18.1%
- #32 Gulman 4: Still alive
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Serzhantov Aleksandr
Windows
Gulman 4: Still alive – is a single-player first-person shooter by Svyatoslav Gulyaev.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 84.4%, Horror 15.6%
- #33 OBSCURIA
63% matchMixed57% of 53 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: Psychological Horror 39.6%, Indie 39.3%, Horror 21%
- #34 The Family Skeleton
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pixelful
Windows · Mac
Family Skeleton is a narrative driven horror game, where you visit your childhood home and discover the truth behind the events that tore your family apart. A story-rich experience where you
Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.5%, Indie 39.5%
- #35 ColdSide
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 517 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.6%, Indie 29.1%, Horror 21.4%
- #36 TheMemory
64% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: TeamNPC
Windows
Find the lost memories and escape from Mor's Asylum.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.8%, Horror 27.1%, Indie 25.1%
- #37 Catto Boi Collection
62% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: mango-ki
Windows
Play as Catto Boi, a small, cute cat who slowly begins to realise that the world he lives in is more sick and twisted than it seems to be on the surface. The choices you make will matter in the end... right?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.6%, Indie 21.6%, Horror 20.9%
- #38 Stan
62% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Gus Jewell
Windows
Obsessive fans are common for artists, but this one is different. He's found his way to the home of J.W. Eel slug, a piano player who just got a deadline from a record label, and is determined to get inside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 60.1%, Horror 26.5%, Indie 13.3%
- #39 Vollun
64% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Mauricio Scherer
Windows
Vollun is a first-person with great focus on story, puzzles and exploration. You wake up in a strange place full of mysteries. Something happened in this place and you're not alone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.2%, Indie 36.3%, Horror 18.5%
- #40 Hektor
64% matchMixed62% of 969 reviews2015
Dev: Rubycone
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.9%, Horror 34.3%, Indie 17.8%
- #41 Domovoy
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 58.7%, Horror 25.8%, Indie 15.5%
- #42 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
63% matchMostly Positive76% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: K Monkey
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are.The game is inspired by classic roguelike games which include 100% procedural-generated maps and permadeath.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.9%, Horror 29.4%, Indie 16.7%
- #43 Robot Boy
63% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Emile TARDY
Windows · Mac
Hi my name is RX-4, I am a robot, I can not control my body alone, try to help me go home please. Hmmmm ... I'm not going to hide it, I have no hope in you and I do not think you'll succeed. Already many people have tried to help me and have failed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51%, Indie 49%
- #44 Strange Night ll
63% matchMixed46% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Indie 40.1%, Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 20.8%
- #45 Forgotten - Whispers of the Past
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Veilbound Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological horror video game where you explore an abandoned boarding school, solve puzzles, and survive creatures that lurk in the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52.7%, Horror 24.5%, Indie 22.8%
- #46 Check-In, Never Out
60% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HogletNovaGames
Windows
You checked into a hotel to get some rest—but it wasn’t an ordinary place. Gather clues, unlock sealed doors, evade the pursuit, and escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 55.3%, Horror 24.5%, Indie 20.1%
- #47 THE 8IGHT
60% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: KJAE GAMES
Windows
Max, who suffers from schizophrenia due to childhood trauma, decides to break free from the endless torment of hallucinations and delusions.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 52.8%, Indie 23.9%, Horror 23.3%
- #48 Sophisticated Puzzle
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2018
Dev: Sunrise9
Windows
Relaxing puzzle game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #49 Deez
61% matchVery Positive86% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: UPandQ
Windows
This is a unique indie game in which you have to take on the role of a skeleton mage and go through the horrific mazes of a dark dungeon.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #50 Death Delivery
59% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Ceiquidz
Windows
You work as a delivery driver/package handler for "Fed-ups". You're loading the packages into your truck as usual when someone next to tells you, they're being stalked.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.2%, Indie 23.9%, Horror 14.8%
- #51 The Last Crown: Midnight Horror
62% matchMostly Positive78% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Halloween celebrations are in full swing, in the lonely harbour town of Saxton. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, doesn't believe the night is any different. He knows that ghosts exist, so why would tonight be any different? Nigel and his ghost-hunting partner, Lucy Reubans, are in for a supernatural surprise.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 56.1%, Horror 25.8%, Indie 18.1%
- #52 Boogeyman
61% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2015
Dev: Clockwork Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live your childhood nightmare and try to survive against the Boogeyman. Equipped with only your flashlight, survive each night until the morning light.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46%, Horror 36.8%, Indie 17.2%
- #53 SEPTEMBER 1999
61% matchVery Positive84% of 2,444 reviews2018
Dev: 98DEMAKE
Windows · Mac
A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 53.2%, Horror 27.7%, Indie 19.1%
- #54 LIMINALPHOBIA
61% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Zeta bit
Windows
Travel through dark dingy apartments and cold stone basements. Stay away from the many creatures following you around every corner. Find collectibles and outlast the demons. walk this first-person horror experience through twisting mazes and search for keys. Outlast the demons and find any way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.6%, Indie 35.7%, Horror 19.7%
- #55 Trace of the past
61% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Konev
Windows
In this horror story, you will go to explore the old boarding school to find out a secret of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.8%, Indie 39.2%, Horror 20%
- #56 the static speaks my name
61% matchVery Positive82% of 5,722 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.7%, Horror 21.6%, Indie 16.8%
- #57 Vorozhey
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Babrov StudioPub: Babrov Interactive
Windows
Vorozhey is a psychological horror inspired by Slavic mythology. It tells the story of an artist haunted by terrifying visions and ancient forces.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.4%, Horror 23.2%, Indie 15.5%
- #58 The Hour Has Come
62% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Obadiah D Luna
Windows
You wake up in a seemingly empty mansion with only one goal... Escape. As you lurk through the shadows of the halls and corridors, something else is following your footsteps. Will you make it out alive? Or will this nightmare become a reality?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.7%, Indie 30.4%, Horror 22.9%
- #59 Shadowless
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ultron01
Windows
Shadowless is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a creepy house marked by tragedy, where dark entities and the past haunt you. Defenseless, you face a nightmare that consumes you before you can escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.9%, Horror 22.6%, Indie 13.5%
- #60 Fidelity
61% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: Megamini009
Windows
Fidelity is an atmospheric puzzle game, based around losing touch with reality. You must break free from your loop by finding all the flaws in your surroundings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.7%, Indie 31%, Horror 21.3%