- #1 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
74% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Horror 22.8%, Dark 15.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #2 Claustrophobia
60% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 10.6%, Violent 9.6%
- #3 Psebay
60% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: Eugeny Butakov
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
One-of-a-kind breathtaking moto trial with changing gravity.
Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #4 Scorn
55% matchMostly Positive77% of 17,522 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Gore 18.8%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 11.9%, Violent 8.1%
- #5 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
58% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Dark 11.5%, Gore 10.7%, Violent 9.4%, Horror 9.3%
- #6 Chorus of Carcosa
55% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Dark 12.9%, Gore 12.2%, Horror 10.6%, Violent 9.4%
- #7 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
56% matchVery Positive95% of 35,227 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Gore 13.2%, Dark 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #8 The Slimeking's Tower
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: RevampedPRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Slimeking's Tower is an action/roguelike game where you have to explore a procedural generated tower, collect over 300 different items and slay over 100 different enemies in five different gamemodes to retrieve your people's moustaches back from the Slimeking.
Why similar: Adventure 54.6%, Indie 45.4%
- #9 Domain Defense
59% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: Inclusion Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Domain Defense focuses on what makes Tower Defense Great! Unique towers, distinct enemies, and up to four players in versus or cooperative modes.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #10 ASYLUM
54% matchVery Positive85% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.2%, Horror 16.2%, Gore 15.2%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #11 SOMA
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,405 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.6%, Horror 13%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #12 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
52% matchVery Positive91% of 1,282 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Psychedelic 21.7%, Dark 12%, Horror 10.4%, Gore 10.2%
- #13 A Place, Forbidden
56% matchVery Positive85% of 441 reviews2020
Dev: Poison The Inkwell
Windows
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #14 Andarin Weppes
54% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Abstract 14.7%, Dark 10.4%, Physics 7.8%
- #15 Hostile Dreams
57% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Bullet Ant Games
Windows
Hostile Dreams will push you to your limits. Play through your darkest dreams in this ragdoll platformer! Explore and survive challenging levels, collect dream shards to unlock extra challenges
Why similar: Psychedelic 28%, Difficult 16.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%, Dark 9.1%, Physics 8.4%
- #16 Gray Dawn
56% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2018
Dev: Interactive Stone
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.2%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 10.1%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #17 White Shadows
55% matchVery Positive82% of 1,823 reviews2021
Dev: MonokelPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14%, Difficult 13.9%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10.4%, Gore 9.9%
- #18 Happy Game
54% matchVery Positive90% of 3,392 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Psychedelic 35.2%, Horror 18.5%, Dark 16%, Gore 8.9%, Violent 7.3%
- #19 Sanity Loops
54% matchMostly Positive79% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: 375 Games
Windows
Caught in a strange series of events, you find yourself stuck in a job you never expected. What started as a simple way to earn money for a gift soon spirals into something much darker. As you navigate your new reality, the boundaries between what’s real and what’s not become harder to distinguish.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.8%, Horror 14%, Dark 11.5%, Idler 11.1%, Minimalist 10.5%
- #20 Manifold Garden
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,098 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.6%, Abstract 16.4%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Difficult 11.6%, Minimalist 8.5%
- #21 LIMBO
54% matchVery Positive92% of 60,399 reviews2011
Dev: Playdead
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.9%, Dark 17.1%, Puzzle 10%, Horror 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #22 Little Nightmares II
52% matchVery Positive93% of 55,731 reviews2021
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
Why similar: Horror 24%, Dark 18.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #23 Kombinera
56% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Control multiple colored balls simultaneously in this brain-bending puzzle platformer. It's up to you to combine every ball and complete each perilous level. Can you solve them all? Can you save King Kombine from the Kave of Kaos?
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.9%, Difficult 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 2D Platformer 12%, Minimalist 10.9%
- #24 Hostile Dreams 2
55% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bullet Ant Games
Windows
An extremely challenging psycho-horror platformer with unique ragdoll controls – made of my dreams.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.5%, Difficult 15.8%, Abstract 15.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #25 Red's Kingdom
57% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Help lead Red on a journey across the land in search of his missing nuts, overcoming obstacles and unlocking abilities in this charmingly epic isometric puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 55.4%, Puzzle 24.2%, Indie 9%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #26 Dread X Collection 2
54% matchVery Positive94% of 674 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.5%, Psychedelic 20.8%, Gore 10.6%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #27 Still Wakes the Deep
51% matchVery Positive88% of 10,851 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Gore 15.7%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #28 REVEIL
53% matchVery Positive87% of 892 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.1%, Dark 14.6%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #29 Ski Sniper
56% matchVery Positive84% of 308 reviews2017
Dev: Crazy Rocks
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Have you ever wondered how difficult is to shoot a ski jumper on the fly with a sniper rifle? :) Ski Sniper gives you perfect opportunity to find out!
- #30 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
54% 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 33.4%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #31 Circus of Pain
53% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: ZV GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.
Why similar: Dark 20.5%, Horror 18.6%, Gore 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Violent 13.3%
- #32 Little Nightmares
52% matchVery Positive95% of 115,046 reviews2017
Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Why similar: Horror 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Dark 17.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #33 Reflection: The Greed
55% matchMostly Positive72% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Zonex Entertainment Studios
Windows
What's the worst that can happen from reading a decrepit book? Jon Oz, who's been sifting through pages of a book that shouldn't even have its cover opened, is about to confine himself into a nightmare. Will you end the nightmare when darkness falls? Or will you be a prisoner to your own reflection?
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.9%, Lovecraftian 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #34 Fossil Echo
57% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: Awaceb
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Follow a boy's wordless journey as he climbs an ancient tower stretching above the clouds. Fossil Echo is a story-driven, short and challenging 2D platformer with hand drawn visuals. Why, and how did he get there? What will he find at the top?
Why similar: Adventure 56.4%, Indie 43.6%
- #35 TRUFFLE
53% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Ethan RobichauxPub: Vultive Entertainment
Windows
TRUFFLE is a minimalist puzzle maze game where touching the walls kills you instantly. It is a high difficulty, patience testing, dexterity game.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 18.7%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Abstract 15.3%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #36 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
53% 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 36.6%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #37 Hot Plates
58% matchMostly Negative38% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: bluebox interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Discover the future world of cooking! The Chef of a space-restaurant needs to know all about management and how to satisfy his customers personal taste. Organize your kitchen and earn prestige in space. Rise to be the best cook in the galaxy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 I Am Here, I Won't Disappear. I Am Here, I Won't...
54% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.7%, Abstract 20.6%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #39 AUTO-CRISIS
52% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.6%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #40 Found Horror Game 11.exe
57% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
You'll scream in pleasure... You'll choke with fear! Play through 11 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format that relies on you, the players, to continue. Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion?
Why similar: Gore 16.3%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Horror 12.7%, Violent 11.6%, Dark 9%
- #41 Biphase
54% matchVery Positive96% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: Seasun Seed
Windows
Biphase is a 2D platform jumping game with exploration and puzzles as its core. In the game, the player plays a role who has bipolar disorder, trying to discover and break through the self in the abstract red and black world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Abstract 16.4%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Minimalist 12.9%
- #42 OVIVO
55% matchVery Positive90% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: IzHard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.
Why similar: Difficult 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Dark 15.2%, Minimalist 12.5%, Physics 10.1%
- #43 FullBlast
57% matchMostly Positive71% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: UFO Crash Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals. Collect power ups, destroy the enemy ships and defeat the mega bosses in 12 action packed levels. On your own or with a friend in local co-op mode.
Why similar: Indie 64%, Singleplayer 36%
- #44 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
53% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychedelic 27.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Abstract 16.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #45 Locks
53% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Carel
Windows
Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.7%, Dark 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #46 No Strings Attached
53% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: The Circus FreaksPub: Threehaw Company Ranch
Windows
No Strings Attached is a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newly-sentient puppet, in a struggling circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more to escape your Master’s true intentions.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Dark 13.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #47 The Flayed Man
51% matchVery Positive92% of 363 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Dark 19%, Gore 16%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.8%
- #48 Orbs Orbs Orbs
54% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Acrylic Pixel Games
Windows
Orbs Orbs Orbs is a vibrant 2D precision clicker game. Clear the board with a white ring, master six orb types, and navigate the dynamic physics in a playful blend of relaxation and strategy. Featuring 11 Steam Achievements
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.4%, Abstract 19.6%, Minimalist 11.8%, 2D Platformer 10%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #49 98xx
53% matchVery Positive80% of 427 reviews2023
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.7%, Abstract 15%, Horror 14.5%, 2D Platformer 13%, Dark 12.6%
- #50 Spectacle: Worlds Unseen
53% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Change your surroundings in the blink of an eye. Wield powerful glasses that let you see and interact with the world in new ways. Spectacle is a surreal first-person puzzle game about observation, spatial reasoning, and lizards.
Why similar: Psychedelic 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Abstract 12.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #51 Bad Trip
57% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Hertz
Windows
A first person survival horror where escape is an illusion. No flashlight, no inventory—just your instincts… and what lurks behind you.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.4%, Dark 15.5%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Violent 9.3%
- #52 The Last Job
54% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Psychedelic 36.3%, Horror 18.8%, Gore 18.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #53 sun-rise.exe
53% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.5%, Abstract 19.9%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Dark 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #54 Ignis Dei
52% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Bell Games
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Dark 17%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #55 Mountains of Madness
54% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Gore 13.2%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 12%, Exploration 8%
- #56 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
55% matchMixed68% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.6%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 12.5%, Gore 9.1%, Atmospheric 8%
- #57 Palmyra Orphanage
54% matchVery Positive89% of 705 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Violent 18.2%, Dark 12.4%, Gore 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #58 MADiSON
52% matchVery Positive87% of 3,271 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 21%, Dark 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Violent 10.4%, Gore 9.4%
- #59 Unknown Host
52% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It's a short indie horror game where we step into the shoes of Alex, a student who, in search of more comfort, rents an apartment in the city that, at first glance, seems pretty decent — but upon arrival, he realizes something is not right.
Why similar: Dark 15.3%, Horror 15.2%, Gore 14.5%, Psychedelic 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #60 Ugly
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 583 reviews2023
Dev: Team UglyPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Unravel the dark secrets hidden throughout this stirring puzzle platformer about a tormented nobleman confronting the traumas of his past. Use an innovative mirror mechanic to solve challenging puzzle rooms and defeat towering bosses as you strive to piece together the ugly truth.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%