- #1 Poppy Playtime
97% matchVery Positive88% of 138,123 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Survival Horror 16.8%, 1980s 11.4%, Survival 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #2 Uh Oh!
96% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological 11.1%, Survival 10.3%, Mystery 10.3%
- #3 Scary Game
96% matchVery Positive92% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 44.2%, Horror 13.6%, Funny 11.7%, Comedy 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #4 Vigil
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,103 reviews2025
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows
Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.9%, 1980s 17.2%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 9.2%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #5 Joyville
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: KudPlay Games
Windows
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 23.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Survival 10.9%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #6 JANITOR BLEEDS
93% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological 24.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 9.1%
- #7 MUZY
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 229 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 18.3%, Horror 15.9%, Survival 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Adventure 9.6%
- #8 Project Crypt
91% matchVery Positive85% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Survival Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 12.2%, Emotional 9.4%
- #9 Familiar Stranger
90% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 34.2%, Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Adventure 7.4%, First-Person 6.2%
- #10 Plastomorphosis
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 21.5%, Mystery 12.2%, Dark 8.6%
- #11 Fear in Hospital
91% matchMixed48% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 16%, Dark 10%
- #12 Haus Of Irndrous
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Ryle AfgarnPub: Ryan Afgarn
Windows
Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.
Why similar: 1980s 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
- #13 Dodgy Deliveries
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,403 reviews2025
Dev: Tomas GonzalezPub: Deliver Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Co-op "Horror" game about running a delivery service with your friends! B̵̨̦͓͖̹̪̥̮͛̀̏̈́̐̔̉Ę̴̤̦̤͓̰̤́͗̚ ̵̨̺͓̱̞͔͉͙̀̂͂͋͠͠Ç̸̫͈̋͋͆̋̾̑̕͜Ä̴̛̟͑͛͋͂̌̕͜͝R̵̛͎̮̜̒̽̈́͂̓̒͘Ę̸͉̙̎̀͐͆Ḟ̶̼͖̭͇̗U̸̡̫͇̤̭̪̦̣̔Ḷ̶̛͖̙͗̋̈̇̕ ̷̡̢͕̦̜͚̌̎̃̔Ā̷̧͇͎̳͔̩̜̤̗͊̋Ţ̸̭̩͚̮͖͇̹̬̾ ̷͍̞̰͈̻̣͚̂̾ͅN̵̛̤͒̏̒͝Ḯ̵̡̘͇̖̏͘Ģ̸̛͙̥̞̽̀͒͜H̶̲̜̺̐̄͋͊̍̈́͘͜T̴̯̲̳̪͚̜̼̈͠
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.7%, Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, First-Person 8%
- #14 Echoes of Dread
86% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 18.1%, Survival 17.5%, First-Person 8.6%
- #15 SafeZoneVR
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Frame Development
Windows
SafeZoneVR is an interactive survival psychological horror game utilizing next-gen graphics. You will scavenge the map trying to escape a fallen SafeZone. Hide, scavenge, survive, and escape a fallen SafeZone fleeing to the tunnels, you might just meet a friend along the way.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.9%
- #16 Very Scary Backrooms Game
85% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Adventure 6.6%
- #17 I'm on Observation Duty 3
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival 12.3%, Mystery 12%
- #18 MATRESHKA
82% matchVery Positive86% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: 1980s 15.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Psychological 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%
- #19 Escape the Ayurok
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,082 reviews2019
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 14.4%, First-Person 7.9%
- #20 QuattroMan
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: natamigame
Windows
Escape from creepy and irrational enemies. Fight your fear!
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Psychological 21%, First-Person 15.3%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Adventure 13.1%
- #21 The Black Ice
82% matchVery Positive82% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Antelus Games
Windows
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Survival 13.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Dark 12.2%
- #22 Butcherman
81% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mounpeak Games
Windows
Experience the psychological horror of being kidnapped by a serial killer. Driven to escape, explore everything around you, use your wits, uncover secrets, and face the unimaginable dread of being in the victim’s place. Inspired by a true story.
Why similar: 1980s 17.8%, Psychological 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%
- #23 DYSTHANASIA
80% matchVery Positive90% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 13.6%, Mystery 13.3%
- #24 Minds Eyes
84% matchMixed70% of 1,834 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Survival Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Adventure 5.5%, First-Person 3.4%
- #25 Employee of The Month
81% matchVery Positive95% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Psychedelic 33.8%, Survival Horror 30%, Funny 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Adventure 4.2%
- #26 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,995 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.5% ★, Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 16.3%, Survival 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.9%
- #27 Terrorbytes
79% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: TreetopPub: Over The Moon
Windows
Collect pellets to power the safe room and survive. Solve the mystery of how you were sucked into this haunted arcade machine, and escape.
Why similar: 1980s 44.1%, Horror 21.3%, Mystery 15.9%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 7.6%
- #28 DEMON COMPASS
78% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Dark 21.7%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #29 Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper
78% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Uncover the mystery behind a terrifying kidnapper in this story-driven horror adventure. Solve puzzles, explore eerie locations, and help Tom and his friends survive in 1990s America. Horror Tale is a creepy escape game full of twists and suspense.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Survival 14.7%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%
- #30 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.4%, Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 8.1%
- #31 Silence Channel 2
76% matchVery Positive82% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%
- #32 Narrow Woods Hotel
75% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.9%
- #33 Synthesis of Corruption
73% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 46.5%, Horror 32%, First-Person 15.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #34 Death Park
77% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2019
Dev: Euphoria Games
Windows
Survive a deadly clown in a haunted amusement park. Solve puzzles, search for items, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park is a first-person horror game with multiple endings, tense stealth, and terrifying moments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 17.9%, Survival 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Dark 8.9%
- #35 Serene Asylum
77% matchMixed57% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: MPlant Games
Windows
Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!
Why similar: Psychedelic 51.8%, Psychological Horror 44.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #36 The Coma 3: Bloodlines
72% matchVery Positive88% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Dvora Studio Co., Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #37 CAPTURED
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: Puck RedflixPub: Puck Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trapped in what appears to be an endless hallway in your home, rooms begin to feel unfamiliar. Capture anomalies on camera and stay away from any sinister entities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 20.3%, Psychological 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 10.3%
- #38 Shelley Manor
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 37.3%, Dark 27.2%, Adventure 24.4%, Action 7.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #39 The Dark Occult
75% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
Why similar: Horror 41.9%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Adventure 11.7%, First-Person 9.4%, Action 7.1%
- #40 Midnight Mayhem
71% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Gradient Games
Windows
Work together to survive against an invisible monster with ever changing abilities. Asymmetric horror game best played with friends! (NO PUBLIC LOBBIES)
Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Funny 13.4%, Comedy 11.4%
- #41 Office After Hours
71% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: gameandcode
Windows
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Funny 11.9%, Survival Horror 9%
- #42 Coffin Mall
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.2% ★, Survival Horror 22.9%, Horror 16.6%, 1980s 16.4%, First-Person 7.2%
- #43 Those Who Remain
73% matchMixed67% of 844 reviews2020
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Survival 13.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.4%
- #44 Unwelcome
73% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.3%
- #45 Dark Deception
70% matchVery Positive89% of 23,549 reviews2018
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Survival 12.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #46 Massacre At The Mirage
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 492 reviews2024
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Survival 13%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Horror 12.2%
- #47 DREAM LOGIC
70% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Horror 17.7%, 1980s 16%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #48 Backrooms: Found Footage
69% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 15.5%, First-Person 13.4%
- #49 In The Backrooms
71% matchMixed57% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17.4%, Survival 13.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Psychological 10.3%
- #50 Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
65% matchVery Positive89% of 526 reviews2026
Dev: Skunx Games
Windows
In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, 1980s 12.2%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 11%
- #51 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
68% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 17%, Dark 14.9%, First-Person 12.7%
- #52 Deceived Of Joy
67% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: LevelBound Studios
Windows
Step into a Psychological Horror Experience where you live in an apartment complex where the walls between reality and nightmares are crumbling. Run for your life, solve small puzzles and use items to help you survive.
Why similar: Mystery 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 21%, Dark 16%, First-Person 10.3%
- #53 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
66% matchVery Positive85% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.8%, Survival 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #54 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
67% matchVery Positive90% of 547 reviews2023
Dev: BLOCK 211
Windows
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Horror 12.8%, Funny 12.1%, Comedy 11.7%
- #55 Psychopathy Assessment
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: 1980s 19.9%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Survival 9.8%
- #56 Hello Puppets: Midnight Show
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Otherworld Interactive
Windows
“Hello Puppets: Midnight Show” is a stealth horror adventure set in the 1980s on the set of a children’s TV show. You are a master puppet maker whose prized creations--the Handeemen--have come to life and are hunting you. Play hide and seek against advanced AI that forces you to adapt and improvise.
Why similar: Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Survival 10.4%
- #57 Obscula
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Lunafrost Studio
Windows
Face the fears lurking in the dark. Obscula is a psychological horror experience that tells the story of someone seeking the truth but finding themselves trapped in a nightmare. There's no escape, only answers… but are you ready for the truth?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 14.2%, Survival 9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #58 Buried Alive: Breathless Rescue
69% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: EchoVerse CorePub: Midnight Games S.R.L
Windows
Are you ready to embark on a spine-chilling adventure? Step into the shoes of the protagonist and experience the terror of being "Buried Alive" in a crypt. Your mission is clear: Escape the confines of your coffin, find the key to unlock the door, and unveil the dark secrets that lie within.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Psychological 20.5%, Survival 15%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #59 Benny Bash
66% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: 1980s 28%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Mystery 13.5%