- #1 Close Me
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.
Why similar: Experience 20.3% ★, Experimental 12.4% ★, Surreal 9%, Psychedelic 8.9%, Psychological 6.9%
- #2 Please Love My Computer Game
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 155 reviews2018
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
She waits. Explore an abandoned house in black and white as you solve cryptic puzzles and try to make discoveries. If you like to work with others to discover things, then you may like this game. I hope you love it, I really hope you do.
Why similar: Violent 12.9%, Gore 11.4%, Experimental 9.3% ★, Investigation 7.8%, Horror 7.4%
- #3 A letter to you!
81% matchMostly Negative27% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Savage Howl
Windows
A psychological horror game where fear and paranoia merge into a terrifying story!
Why similar: Violent 23.8%, Experience 18.9% ★, Gore 17.7%, Surreal 7.2%, Indie 6.1%
- #4 Found Horror Game 11.exe
79% 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 19.4%, Violent 14.3%, Horror 7.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Psychedelic 7.3%
- #5 [Chilla's Art] Yuki Onna | 雪女
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 201 reviews2020
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Yuki Onna | 雪女 is a PS1 inspired survival horror game. Some children went missing out of the blue. You receive a letter that says, "Come alone or I'll freeze them to death." Out of desperation, you decide to embark on a daunting rescue mission to an abandoned inn up the piercing cold mountains.
Why similar: Experience 25.7% ★, Violent 18.4%, Gore 15.2%, Psychological 8.2%, Horror 6.6%
- #6 Pieces of Me: Northbound
73% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Leonardo JassoPub: Good Enough Gang
Windows
You find yourself standing at a trolley station shortly after midnight. Confused as to where you are, the mystery of how you came to be there will slowly unravel as you interact with those you encounter.
Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Violent 27.1%, Surreal 7.5%, Indie 7.1%, Walking Simulator 6.7%
- #7 No Son Of Mine
72% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Pleasantly Friendly Games
Windows
No Son Of Mine is a survival horror game focused on combat, stealth, exploration, puzzle solving and uncovering a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Gore 21.3%, Violent 18.5%, Survival Horror 10%, Horror 7.2%, Dark 7.1%
- #8 My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt
71% matchVery Positive92% of 237 reviews2020
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac
A lonely cloaked being called Mole services instructions from what he believes is the voice of God. As he wanders a desolate, otherwordly underground his faith is tested as he must deliver a baby.
Why similar: Gore 22.1%, Violent 21.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 9.2%, Psychedelic 7.1%
- #9 PeeTee Babybuu
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Down the road, the neighbors knew...
Why similar: Gore 19.4%, Violent 17.7%, Experimental 12.1% ★, Psychedelic 8.6%, Investigation 8.5%
- #10 Little Terror
71% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Tainted Games
Windows
Little Terror is an interactive exploration Horror simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there.
Why similar: Gore 22%, Violent 20%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 13.6%, Surreal 8.1%
- #11 Fragile
70% matchMixed64% of 429 reviews2020
Dev: Beer Night Studio
Windows
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
Why similar: Gore 28.2%, Violent 21.5%, Psychological 7.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Surreal 7.2%
- #12 File Destined
68% matchVery Positive86% of 424 reviews2023
Dev: Metavision Studio
Windows
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Gore 15.6%, Violent 13.8%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10%, Surreal 9.4%
- #13 INVITATION
70% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: XIV STUDIO
Windows
Let's hope to survive INVITATION, a first-person survival horror game developed by Korean university students. As Max, a graduate of Brownstone School and the subject of the experiment, Explore schools like hell and discover the terrible secrets behind them. Find a way to escape and avoid it to survive. Good luck.
Why similar: Gore 27.9%, Violent 24.2%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Psychological 9.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #14 Christmas Mutilator
67% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Why similar: Gore 27.8%, Violent 25.3%, Psychedelic 9.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Surreal 6.8%
- #15 Blossoming Yandere 満開 ヤンデレ
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows
A girl was sleeping in the garbage outside of Kazuki's apartment, until he decided to take her in. Now a home for two, he must remember that all actions have consequences, and words can be laced with poison. But you know that all too well, don't you?
Why similar: Gore 20.6%, Violent 17.1%, Experimental 11.1% ★, Psychedelic 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #16 Deluded Mind
69% matchMixed62% of 108 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Gore 26.1%, Violent 23.7%, Adventure 11.7%, Psychological 9.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #17 Metro Explosion Simulator
67% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Metro 2.0.7.7
Windows
Metro Explosion Simulator
Why similar: Experience 22.5% ★, Violent 21.1%, Experimental 12.5% ★, Adventure 10.9%, Surreal 7.8%
- #18 The Kitchen Knife
64% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: One Hand Studio
Windows
The Kitchen Knife is a psychological horror game that throws you into the fragmented mind of a man haunted by memory, guilt, and something much darker. As the world shifts around you, you must uncover the truth about that morning... This house isn't haunted. It’s waiting for you to come home.
Why similar: Gore 15.4%, Violent 14.8%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #19 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
66% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Gore 28.2%, Violent 25.6%, Adventure 9%, Indie 6.5%, Survival Horror 6.1%
- #20 Infliction
65% matchVery Positive81% of 933 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Gore 22%, Violent 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Horror 10.3%, Surreal 8.6%
- #21 The Cult of Chanseville
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Developing Dreams ARPub: Developing Dreams AR Game Studios
Windows
"The Cult of Chanseville" is an indie suspense/horror game that's inspired by classics of the genre! The game will be released as soon as it's ready!
Why similar: Investigation 14%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Gore 11%, Psychological 9.9%, Violent 9.7%
- #22 Psychomachia
63% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Kornux Games
Windows
Confront your deepest fears in Psychomachia, trapped in a nightmarish loop at the heart of the dorms of mental instability. Explore the intricacies of the human mind, faced with terrifying manifestations of madness.
Why similar: Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Gore 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.7%
- #23 EBONY
65% matchMostly Negative39% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: VikTor
Windows
EBONY is a first-person psychological horror game with paranormal effects. Can you survive at night in an old mansion? Adam inherited from his grandmother.
Why similar: Gore 19.4%, Violent 17.3%, Survival Horror 8.6%, Psychological 8.3%, Psychedelic 8.1%
- #24 Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
62% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Notex
Windows
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Why similar: Gore 21.2%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #25 Veronica
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happytale Games
Windows
'Veronica' is a first person psychological horror game based on the events that occur after your movie is interrupted by an alert due to sighting reports of a 7 year old girl, Veronica, who went missing 3 years ago. Why does it seem like you know more about it than you're sharing?
Why similar: Gore 24.5%, Violent 15.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Horror 9%
- #26 Education
64% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Having done some terrible things in his youth at school, his memories call Bart Blake back to that place, in his nightmares.
Why similar: Gore 20.2%, Violent 17.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Horror 9%, Nudity 7.1%
- #27 The Mors
64% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Joseph LloydPub: Evallis Entertainment
Windows
The Mors is an intense and terrifying dive into the darkness, as you are thrown through diverse locations and horrific events, the pressure continuing to rise as you try to escape. Use anything at your disposal to survive as you run and hide from the horrors that hunt for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Gore 25.6%, Violent 24.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #28 Follow My Footsteps
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edvardas ŠneiderisPub: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
This is horror VR game with puzzle elements and deep story line that you have to unfold when you play this game. You have to learn everything about this new house and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 33.5%, Violent 30.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 8%
- #29 Red Haze
64% matchVery Positive84% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon.
Why similar: Gore 18.9%, Violent 15.5%, Psychedelic 9.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Horror 7.8%
- #30 Uncanny Tales: The Watcher
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
2006. You become the new reserve caretaker. Patrol the territory in your rugged 4x4, check the phototraps, and monitor the area using surveillance cameras. But remember: you are not the only one watching.
Why similar: Gore 20.6%, Violent 19.2%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Horror 8.7%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
- #31 Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
62% matchMixed66% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
Why similar: Violent 18.4%, Gore 18.1%, Psychological 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 8.8%
- #32 Chorus of Carcosa
61% 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: Gore 16.5%, Violent 13%, Surreal 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #33 WARD
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1096studios
Windows
Awake enough to wander, but not to leave. WARD is a nightmare you may never escape.
Why similar: Gore 29%, Violent 26.4%, Surreal 10.3%, Indie 10.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #34 The Road to Hades
64% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: AUTOSAVE
Windows
TRTH(The road to hades) is a horror adventure game full of Asian myths and art. Guide the girl safely in the world of the dead. Welcome to a new game you have not experienced.
Why similar: Gore 35.3%, Violent 30.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #35 Misshapen
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRUTO
Windows · Mac
A story-driven body-horror simulator where you can’t kill your enemies but you can distort their bodies in creepy ways. Grow lumps, build weird living structures and dive into the mysteries of Zheltikov’s military base.
Why similar: Gore 38.9%, Violent 24%, Experimental 15.7% ★, Adventure 12.4%, Horror 5.8%
- #36 UnderBackrooms
63% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: okeyplaystudio
Windows
UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.
Why similar: Gore 30.2%, Violent 27.4%, Adventure 9.6%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Indie 7%
- #37 RŌA
64% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: ARQUOIA
Windows
Chasing colors in the void. A game we made to Zen you.
Why similar: Experience 30.9% ★, Experimental 17.2% ★, Psychedelic 13.5%, Surreal 10.8%, Walking Simulator 7.8%
- #38 Risu
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iwasherenowiamgonePub: 222°
Windows
Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.
Why similar: Surreal 14.8%, Experimental 14.7% ★, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychedelic 10%, Dark 8.2%
- #39 Den: A Short Horror Story
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tea_cb
Windows
Den is a short survival horror slasher game, in which you play as a person who rented a small cabin for a weekend getaway, deep inside the woods.
Why similar: Gore 26%, Violent 23.6%, Indie 9%, Psychological 9%, Survival Horror 7.4%
- #40 Don't Play This
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AdmiaPub: Notex
Windows
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Why similar: Gore 21%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 8.3%, Mystery 8.2%
- #41 [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
61% matchVery Positive88% of 1,149 reviews2019
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.
Why similar: Gore 19.7%, Violent 19.4%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Indie 7%
- #42 The 8th Day
62% matchMostly Negative23% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Tainted GamesPub: TAINTED GAMES
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum. The only feeling of safety is light. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind every corner lurks an evil presence and horrifying noises...
Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Violent 31.2%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Indie 8%
- #43 AUTO-CRISIS
59% 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: Surreal 14.3%, Violent 9.6%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Horror 8.8%
- #44 Near Death Experience
62% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Distorted Games
Windows
Near Death Experience is a defensless horror game that puts you in the mind of a car crash victim that lost his memory and finds himself in a threatening and unknown area. The player has to solve riddles to try to regain his memory while running from dark forces.
Why similar: Gore 32.9%, Violent 31.2%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 8.3%
- #45 Unknown Host
58% 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: Gore 17.9%, Violent 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #46 IMMURE
60% matchVery Positive93% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Wither Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
IMMURE is a story driven, psychological horror game. Will, the protagonist, has found himself trapped inside a foreboding Mansion with no exit. To escape, he must travel through strange doors which lead into other dimensions, filled with tormented souls.
Why similar: Gore 33%, Violent 31%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 8.4%
- #47 The Plight
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cellar Vault Games
Windows
The Plight is a first person Malaysian Chinese themed horror game surrounding the mystery of gruesome murders committed by an old woman in her home nearly two decades before. Three childhood friends disappeared more than a decade ago.
Why similar: Violent 29.7%, Gore 17.1%, Experimental 10.1% ★, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 7.7%
- #48 My Big Sister
59% matchVery Positive93% of 665 reviews2018
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?
Why similar: Gore 19.1%, Violent 16.4%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.5%
- #49 The Hungry Fly
58% matchVery Positive91% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Gore 17.5%, Surreal 16.7%, Violent 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #50 Uncanny Tales: 1992
57% matchVery Positive84% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: VYASTUDIO
Windows
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
Why similar: Violent 17.2%, Gore 17.2%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Investigation 10.2%, Horror 9.4%
- #51 Mansion of the Dead
58% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: Gore 22%, Violent 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
- #52 Colony 42™
60% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Verdict Studios LLC
Windows
Alone, lost and forgotten. You tread the dusty ruins of a deserted, city-sized Nuclear Bunker in search of freedom...
Why similar: Gore 23.4%, Violent 22.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 15.5%, Nudity 8.9%
- #53 Amygdala
58% matchMostly Positive75% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Stigma Studios
Windows
Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.
Why similar: Gore 13.9%, Violent 13.2%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%
- #54 Connection Haunted
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
#Joining_server... #Players_Online: 1 #RED_flag_taken #New_player: {incorrect_string} #Players_online: 2 #PLAYER2_says: ̸̤̔̅͑̚Ǐ̷͕̌̕͘ ŝ̵̪͙͈ḙ̴̗̻̹͔̦́̀̽͘ě̷͙̓̉͐̑ y̷̥͔͕̲̫̤̐ȍ̸̲̮̃͘ų̶̢̪͕̘̟̍͝ #Connection_Lost 32
Why similar: Gore 20.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 11.7%, Psychedelic 11.4%, Horror 10%
- #55 Ajgal
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Echo
Windows
Your daughter vanished. You did nothing. In Ajgal, descend into a world shaped by guilt, memory, and flesh—where redemption costs more than blood, and silence always comes back.
Why similar: Gore 20.8%, Violent 17.7%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Dark 7.6%
- #56 Homecoming
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edgar Rubio
Windows
It is an indie psychological horror game in which you must solve the mystery behind the Dewey family while various entities try to hunt you down and torment you. Will you be able to survive and escape this infinite loop?
Why similar: Gore 16.6%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.3%
- #57 Operation Stutter
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevir Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this psychological horror set deep within a top‑secret Cold War research bunker, fear takes form in shadows. Aim your film‑camera and watch reality shift. Solve mind‑bending puzzles, and confront both the specter of global conflict and the creatures lurking in your psyche.
Why similar: Gore 22.9%, Violent 13.8%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%