- #1 Fear the Dark Unknown: James
87% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 27%, Action 18.4%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%
- #2 Phantaruk
84% matchMixed61% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: PolyslashPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Action 19.8%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Indie 14.9%, Horror 14.1%
- #3 Fear the Dark Unknown
83% matchMixed66% of 161 reviews2019
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 31.4%, Action 21.1%, Indie 16%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #4 Room 208
83% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows
Victor Rockford, a spiritual medium has been asked to use his otherworldly abilities to stop the EVIL that resides inside Room 208 of 'The Great Leaf Hotel'. Does he have what it takes to put a stop EVIL? Or will the EVIL claim yet another victim?
Why similar: Adventure 23.2%, Action 15.3%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Indie 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #5 Dimmed Light
80% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Action 21.2%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Indie 16.3%, Horror 11.3%
- #6 Silent Descent
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows
Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul?
Why similar: Adventure 23.8%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Action 15.7%, Horror 14.6%, Indie 12.1%
- #7 Fear the Dark Unknown: Chloe
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
Why similar: Adventure 33.2%, Action 22.3%, Indie 17.2%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #8 Dreadful
80% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Dreadful is a survival horror game that features an altered gameplay style with third-person navigation currently in development.
Why similar: Adventure 28.1%, Action 18.5%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Indie 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #9 Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
79% 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: Survival Horror 21.7%, Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Adventure 17%, Action 10.8%
- #10 Faiths End - 2D Survival Horror
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron BestPub: BadBunny Games
Windows
When Matilda Stockwood's partner is abducted her only hope is to follow the trail back to her childhood home, but the once idyllic town of Raven's Point isn't exactly how she remembers.
Why similar: Adventure 24.7%, Survival Horror 18%, Action 16.8%, Indie 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #11 祟り坂 | TATARI Curse road
75% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: STUDIO DYD
Windows
A simple survival horror set in a hilly town where you must escape from a ghost. There are no puzzles, item usage, or complex controls. If you fail, try again, memorize the roads, and find your way to the goal.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Horror 19.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Action 12%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #12 Dream Night
76% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: ZonelyGames
Windows
You wake up from a nightmare. You can't count how many times you've had a nightmare this month. But this time, after waking up, you find some strange phenomena in your house. You want to go out to see, but the door is locked...
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 17.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle 10%
- #13 Wrong train
77% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
What if you got on the wrong train that you were waiting for and fell asleep, and woke up to find that there are no people around anywhere else, and the train itself is endless? Will you be able to return home?
Why similar: Adventure 24.3%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Action 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13.2%
- #14 Inn 8
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AMINPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Inn 8 is a first-person horror adventure game with unique gameplay mechanics. Stumbled upon a cursed inn while taking a selfie in the wild. Endless rooms and terrifying monsters await. Use your wits to uncover the house's evil secrets, defeat your enemies and break the curse.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Horror 13.5%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #15 SCP-087: Recovered document
78% matchMostly Negative39% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Korovkin Nikita
Windows
SCP-087: Recovered documents - first-person horror, that tells the story of a classified object.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17%, Action 12.5%
- #16 Horror Tale 2: Samantha
76% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #17 Wick
76% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Horror 21.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Action 9.8%
- #18 Gevaudan
77% matchMixed55% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Survival Horror 22.5%, Indie 20%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #19 The Disappearance of the Mitchells
76% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Cupfox Studio
Windows
A short horror game about the sudden disappearance of a husband and wife, leaving their house and all of their belongings.
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Action 22%, Indie 17%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 12.8%
- #20 Best Friend
76% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
"Best Friend" is a 3D horror game. Escape and survive from your beloved doll named David after you don't have time to play with him. Follow the advice that David has told you, survive, and remember that you must never turn your back on David!
Why similar: Adventure 35.9%, Action 23.7%, Indie 18.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Horror 8.2%
- #21 The Ancient Labyrinth
75% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Nicola Gaeta
Windows · Mac
The Ancient Labyrinth is a psychological horror game set in a mysterious labyrinth which hides a terrible secret. Play as a man who has lost his memory, trapped for some strange reason and stalked by a frightening monster that will hunt him the whole time.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Action 17.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Indie 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #22 The Initiate
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Adventure 27.8%, Indie 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Action 12.4%, Horror 12.1%
- #23 Joe's Diner
76% matchMostly Negative40% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Somewhere along the venerable Route 7, in the middle of nowhere, you will find Joe’s Diner. The old Diner was built on the site of a former Indian cemetery. Amongst the buried, two rival chieftains are laid to rest; while alive each could not stand the other.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Horror 21.5%, Action 15.6%, Indie 13.5%
- #24 The Searchers of Legends : Origin
74% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Second Reality
Windows
Psychological, story indie horror, made in the style of Penumbra and Amnesia. An interesting story with a lot of details, the ability to interact with almost all the objects around, the random of some events and the unpredictable behavior of the characters, dangers, riddles and a terrible atmosphere are waiting for you!
Why similar: Adventure 26.5%, Action 17.5%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Indie 13.9%
- #25 Rainy Night
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diamond Dogs
Windows
Rainy night is a Survival Horror game with resource management, sparse ammo and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Action 24.3%, Indie 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 6.6%
- #26 Soul Street
70% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: DululuPub: BD Games
Windows
Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 18%, Puzzle 14.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #27 Climb up the down
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG-Studio
Windows
Why similar: Adventure 28.5%, Survival Horror 26.1%, Action 20.8%, Horror 16.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #28 Vollun
72% 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: Adventure 39%, Indie 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #29 The Eerie Inn
71% 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: Adventure 32.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 18.1%, Indie 16.3%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #30 A Simple Door
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keter studio
Windows
Try to escape from “A Simple Door” by facing your past, your darkest secrets and your fears through the doors.
Why similar: Adventure 22.6%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, Action 15.8%
- #31 Backrooms: Realm of Shadows
70% matchMixed42% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Cyprus Games
Windows
Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.
Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Action 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.1%
- #32 Dark Watching Chapter 1
67% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Cannedheart's studios
Windows
your goal is to find your sister that went missing. Solve simple puzzles and avoid being found by the Watcher.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #33 Liberation
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: WINTERS
Windows
Liberation is a strategy survival horror game. You have to go to the Deathworld and collect crosses to liberate ghosts. Survive from the attacks of various ghosts!
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.6%, Action 12.2%
- #34 Two Bad Fellas
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Rabbit Bay Games
Windows
In this first person, horror, casual game, you have to protect your Teddy from the Two Bad Fellas. Find quickly a safe spot to hide your buddy and than move him to the next one. Explore the house and solve riddles but be aware, if you hold your Teddy for too long, you will be in big danger!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Horror 18.9%, Action 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #35 Shadows 2: Perfidia
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: IceTorch Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Shadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 10.3%, Action 10%, Indie 8.7%
- #36 The Last Tale Told: Spam
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zignus
Windows
You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 18.8%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Indie 6.1%
- #37 Terror Lab
70% matchMixed55% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone.
Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 19%, Indie 16.5%, Horror 15.6%
- #38 Duder
70% matchMostly Negative30% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: HorrorC
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Duder is a new horror with the familiar game concept, an unusual ending and full immersion in an atmosphere of fear in which you have to explore the dense forest and escape from the terrible creature that will haunt you everywhere.
Why similar: Adventure 25.2%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Indie 13.4%
- #39 Observo
68% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: SpaceZeta Games
Windows
A third-person survival horror game styled after early-2000s horror game classics. What was supposed to be a regular inn turned out to be hiding a nightmare inside...
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 16.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #40 SCP: EXPERIMENTS
66% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: sylvester
Windows
EXPERIMENTS is a first person horror game about escaping a research facility while being hunted by a creature
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Action 15.3%, Horror 14.5%
- #41 Zaru
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Ascent Games Ltd
Windows
Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.
Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Action 19.1%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 14.5%, 3D 9.1%
- #42 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: Adventure 25.5%, Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Action 14.2%, Indie 13.8%
- #43 The Door Before
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StormBrew
Windows
Step into a haunted hotel that will test your resolve. Run, hide, and use your resources to survive the dangers that lurk. Every attempt brings you closer to uncovering the way out, but beware as the monsters that hunt you grow more bold. Do you have what it takes to escape this nightmare?
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Action 9.2%
- #44 Another Hope
66% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: MamkaloPub: MB Studio
Windows
Trapped in a doorless room, you must follow the commands given to you. This psychological horror experience will test your resolve and sanity. Can you escape, or will you remain imprisoned forever?
Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Action 20.2%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #45 Block Granny Horror Survival
69% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: Polantronic
Windows
Survive on the island and protect your family. Granny comes to hurt your wife or child. Craft weapons (bow, club, arrows) and fight Collect the food and feed your family.
Why similar: Adventure 29.6%, Survival Horror 28.5%, Action 22.3%, Horror 19.5%
- #46 Pyromaniac
64% matchVery Positive91% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Adventure 18.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Action 11.5%, Indie 11.1%
- #47 Ben The Exorcist
68% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: WraithStudio
Windows
Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.
Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Survival Horror 23.7%, Action 18.6%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #48 From the Last Shift: Horror Collection
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RadiosityPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Horror 19%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #49 THE 8IGHT
65% 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: Adventure 30.3%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 18.1%, Indie 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #50 Spaceman
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: ConmtrastPub: LGV
Windows · Mac
Explore, gather resources, find the artifacts, but most important... survive! Spaceman is an adventure game that takes you into an amazing and challenging journey across the temples of space.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Action 25.7%, Indie 19.8%, Survival Horror 6.8%, Psychological Horror 5.1%
- #51 MUZY
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 213 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: Adventure 20.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Action 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #52 Nightwalker
67% matchMixed64% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Nightwalker is a short horror adventure game in which you play as an aspiring investigator.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Action 19.6%, Indie 15.1%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 9.3%
- #53 Robotization: The Last Human
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ten Art Games
Windows
Robotization: The Last Human - a first-person survival-horror game in which you have to survive in a world full of horrors. Be afraid of unknown creatures and lose your last hope for salvation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Adventure 20%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Horror 8.8%
- #54 공포의 PC방
64% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Nexroad entertainment
Windows
This is a horror adventure game developed solely by a Korean high school student. This PC room was once incredibly popular, but one day, customers started disappearing, forcing the PC room to close. Years later, someone enters the PC room...
Why similar: Adventure 32.8%, Action 23.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Horror 12.5%, 3D 8.3%
- #55 Transfigured
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinecone Studio Inc.
Windows
Transfigured is a 2D side-scroller psychological horror game. Humanoid monstrosities stalk you from the dark. Armed with nothing other than a dying flashlight, survival depends on hiding, finding tools, and carefully navigating your surroundings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Adventure 17.5%, Horror 13.9%, Action 9.5%
- #56 End Of Line
63% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Troxan Studios
Windows
Stay alive in this first-person horror-puzzle game. Trapped inside a claustrophobic train, each carriage tests you differently.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.9%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.3%, Action 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%