
You are Max. A 17 year old that has just graduated from school. Your mother want's you to get a job. You search endlessely but the luck just isn't on your side. Until one day. You have been accepted as a Fire lookout. A week later, you head out.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Psychological Horror, Horror, First-Person, Adventure.

You are Max. A 17 year old that has just graduated from school. Your mother want's you to get a job. You search endlessely but the luck just isn't on your side. Until one day. You have been accepted as a Fire lookout. A week later, you head out.

The Patient
Dr. Ellen Reed returns to work as a therapist only to discover an inpatient has been mistakenly dosed with a deadly mutative drug. With hospital records erased due to a power outage, she must work overnight to identify and discreetly euthanize the affected patient before it's too late.

The Final Shift
The Final Shift is a psychological horror game where you work as a night janitor in a quiet corporate building haunted by its own history.
Dr. Ellen Reed returns to work as a therapist only to discover an inpatient has been mistakenly dosed with a deadly mutative drug. With hospital records erased due to a power outage, she must work overnight to identify and discreetly euthanize the affected patient before it's too late.
Why similar: 1990's 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Horror 9.6%, Dark 9.3%
The Final Shift is a psychological horror game where you work as a night janitor in a quiet corporate building haunted by its own history.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 12.4%
Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.
Why similar: 1990's 19%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Immersive Sim 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 11.4%
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a house that feels like it knows you. Uncover dark secrets buried within its walls. Something is watching. Something has been waiting a very long time.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Horror 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Fading father is a man consumed by addiction and memories
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Horror 18%, 1990's 16.7%, Retro 15.7%, Dark 13.1%
A first-person psychological horror game inspired by The Hat Man urban legend, focusing on sleep paralysis, fear, and the terror of being unable to move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Dark 10%, Mystery 8.5%
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
Why similar: 1990's 22.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 14.7%, Retro 8.1%
You’ve been hired by a real estate agency to take photos of their listings at night to give them a unique look online. Grab your camera, step into dark, quiet rooms, and capture every shot before the house notices you. Finish the job or never leave.
Why similar: Retro 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
Apartment 22 is a bite-sized horror game about being trapped in a loop. You look out for clues left by the previous resident or possibly by you to escape the apartment.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Horror 13%, Dark 8.9%
Journalist Allison Graham travels to White Sea, an abandoned town in northern Montana. What begins as a report soon turns into a twisted psychological game. She must face her darkest memories and traumas if she hopes to escape this haunting nightmare.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.3% ★, 1990's 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
A lone urbex in an abandoned hotel - what could go wrong? Explore the surroundings and find the mysteries of this place. Don't forget to be quiet - urbex is an illegal adventure, and you don't want to be found...
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.6%, 1990's 18.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.7%, Mystery 8%
A psychological horror game where you tune radio frequencies, record mysterious signals, and publish your findings. Dive into a deep, nonlinear narrative about isolation and obsession, with immersive gameplay and an atmosphere inspired by early 2000s dread.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 14.5%, 1990's 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Life Sim 8.5%, Dark 7.7%
The Last Departure is an atmospheric horror game set aboard the final run of a closing train line. Find your way out or loop forever.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.3%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Realistic 8.6%
A collection of retro styled games bundled together, experience many forms of horror in a wide array of styles whilst uncovering the mysteries of the old mall that holds them all.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 15.6%, 1990's 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Retro 11.7%
Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies. Earn Credits to buy upgrades, but beware: hideous horrors are creeping in the dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Dark 8.3%
Hey player, It's the day before the Millennium. Follow me, I will give you a unique psychological horror experience. This isn’t just a game—it’s a doorway. Trust me, and I will lead you to see the god.👁🗨
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Psychological Horror 21%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Horror 13.5%, 1990's 10.1%
Your first assignment alone. An island where no one has lived for thirty years. A lighthouse that stopped shining. The job was only supposed to take a few hours.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dark 10.8%, Mystery 9.6%
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.5%, 1990's 16.8%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Retro 9.1%
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16.2%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Mystery 11.6%, 1990's 11.4%
Five live rounds, a blank, and a choice. Electio is a short narrative horror game where death carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dynamic Narration 13.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark 11.7%
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 7.9%, Mystery 7.9%
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
Why similar: 1990's 22.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 13%, Dark 11.3%, Mystery 11%
Train 113 is a first-person horror game in which you play a passenger who wakes up aboard a seemingly empty subway train. As you move around the train, trying to get from car to car, you'll begin to sense that things around you are not what they appear to be.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 19.4%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Realistic 11.8%, Dark 11.7%
Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, 1990's 12.4%, Horror 12%, Retro 11%
Derek Morgan is a 29-year-old watchman who works at a garage complex. One night, he enters an abandoned carpenter's workshop. Inside, he comes across an old wooden puppet. But soon he realizes that his curiosity has brought nothing good with it.
Why similar: 1990's 20.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Retro 13.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 9.5%
Bad Week is a retro-style first-person narrative-driven immersive life simulator. Survive the brutal life of an alcoholic living in a Belgrade block in the early 2000s. The world is crumbling around you, and it's on you to stay calm and sane.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25%, 1990's 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Life Sim 12.3%, Retro 11.4%
A surveillance horror based inside a nuclear power plant. Monitor CCTV, Identify hazards, document incidents and keep operations running. Report too much and you fail the weekly audit, too little and danger spreads. What’s happening deeper inside the plant was never meant to be monitored.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.2%, 1990's 18.1%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Horror 13.5%, Dark 11.4%
Atmospheric first-person horror game where you carry an old Polaroid camera. Take the right picture and a way forward emerges.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 14.3%, 1990's 13.8%, Retro 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Vadim, a maintenance worker in a decaying post-Soviet apartment, leaves town to care for his sick mother, asking his wife to take over his duties. As she settles into the routine, the building begins to feel off quiet in all the wrong ways.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, 1990's 18.9%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 9%
The Hambagu Shop is a cozy horror simulator where you work in a Japanese Hamburg Steak Shop. Cook Hamburg, serve customers, and upgrade your shop for more menu items.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 18.6%, 1990's 14.6%, Immersive Sim 14%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Alex Reed, a private detective, traveled to Willow Creek Valley to investigate the disappearance of journalist James Carter. As he stepped into the abandoned post office, he couldn't shake the feeling that someone else was already there.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, 1990's 18%, Realistic 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7%
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: 1990's 19.1%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 10.2%
A short interpretive narrative about building a fire hot enough to reduce her bones to ash. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Retro 24.2%, Atmospheric 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Horror 12%
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: 1990's 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 11.6%, Exploration 7.7%
The job's simple: Go around town and satisfy your customers with some nice and hot soup. Hop on your bicycle and go around town, make some money, buy items, take care of your cat, and much more in this immersive horror simulator.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.8%, Horror 11.2%, Retro 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Dark 9.8%
The Last Frame is a psychological horror game about a father who disappeared. As you walk through the locations he documented, you discover that watching and recording them changed the place itself — and not for the better.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 13%, Dark 10%
You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 14.2%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Mystery 9.5%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 10.2%, Life Sim 9.2%
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Retro 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 12.5%
Nick Harrison, a new security guard at the Guadalupe Cemetery, believes he is taking on a peaceful night shift. However, as night falls, he soon discovers he was very wrong. Nick realizes the cemetery holds more than just the dead.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.6%, 1990's 16.1%, Life Sim 10.1%, Retro 8.3%, Mystery 7.8%
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 9.8%
Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..
Why similar: 1990's 22.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 11.9%, Mystery 7.9%
An unexpected disaster traps you inside a research station. With the main exit blocked, you must make your way through the darkest and most twisted pits of the complex and survive against all odds while uncovering the secrets that were never meant to see the light of day...
Why similar: 1990's 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 12.7%, Retro 9.9%
In this warehouse, it was supposed to be just a simple inspection job. But the shadows of the cardboard boxes writhe, and the security robots’ eyes glow with an eerie light. If you uncover everything… is there truly a way out?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.7%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 7.9%
Midnight Laundry is a short first-person horror game where a long night at the laundromat takes an unexpected turn.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, 1990's 15.9%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Retro 10.9%
Rumors of a serial killer stalking your local town are all over the news, and you have a meeting with your counselor in an hour. The problem is, the walk there is long and dark.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 18.7%, Mystery 15.4%, Retro 15.3%, Dark 10.9%
Just Another Night is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as an ordinary office worker who has recently moved to an unfamiliar city. Everything seems normal: a new apartment, new coworkers, and your first day on the job. But the very next day, reality begins to crumble.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Horror 16%, Retro 15.7%, Dark 12.4%
The once #1 horror game on the Horror list of Itch is back! Join now and use a variety of repair tools to experience life as a handyman in a haunted house, uncover the terrifying past of this old house and face the terrifying demon baby head-on!
Why similar: 1990's 20%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Retro 14.1%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%
BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Horror 15.1%, 1990's 14.4%, Realistic 10.7%
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: 1990's 19.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.7%, Retro 9.8%, Horror 9.7%
You are in a labyrinth of silent corridors and abandoned hospital rooms where darkness envelops every corner. The echo of your footsteps echoes through the empty hallways as you frantically search for a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Horror 19.4%, Dark 16.8%, Realistic 10.8%
PISO 6 is a first-person psychological horror game with a low-poly aesthetic. After his father’s death, Tomás returns to the apartment where he grew up. What seemed like a simple search for a will turns into a nightmare that pulls him back into the past.
Why similar: 1990's 26.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Retro 17.9%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 6%
You are a random person trapped in an empty concrete room under the watchful eye of a camera. The only way out is to risk pressing the forbidden button, after which more buttons appear. Each press brings you closer to the exit or to your demise.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, 1990's 10.4%
BLOK is an Orwellian psychological horror game set in post-communist Poland. You play as a political exile who fled during the communist regime. Years later, after the system’s collapse, a strange letter from your mother draws you back home. But something is deeply wrong.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 16%, Mystery 15%, Retro 13.5%, 1990's 13.4%
Carl Williams, a 15-year-old boy, finds himself alone at home one unsettling night. What begins as a quiet evening soon spirals into something far stranger. Shadows shift, silence speaks, and someone—or something—seems to know him better than he knows himself.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Horror 10.9%
SEAPORT MAN is a short horror game where the protagonist, having escaped from a sunken ship, wanders the sea.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Retro 16.2%, Horror 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
Investigate a disappearance in a quiet American suburb in 1997. Spend the night exploring the early internet and following a digital trail in this first-person mystery-horror experience.
Why similar: 1990's 18.2%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 10%
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 10.7%, 1990's 9.3%
Your brother's unexpected death leads you to unsettling locations in search of floppy disks with cursed retro games.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Retro 19.1%, Horror 17%, Mystery 9.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.1% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dark 11.1%, Horror 10.9%