- #1 I'm on Observation Duty
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 30.5%, Hidden Object 15%, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive title that popularized the anomaly-spotting surveillance gameplay found in 8AM.
- #2 I'm on Observation Duty 8
96% matchVery Positive96% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Hidden Object 21.8%, Horror 18%, Logic 16.3%, Mystery 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series provides the most refined version of the surveillance-based anomaly hunting mechanics.
- #3 Platform 8
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,690 reviews2024
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
Why similar: Hidden Object 29.1%, Psychological Horror 28.7%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a similar loop-based anomaly detection system that requires intense focus and pattern recognition.
- #4 Shift 87
95% matchVery Positive88% of 208 reviews2024
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
Why similar: Hidden Object 29%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the feeling of monitoring a space for subtle, unsettling changes in real-time.
- #5 The Exit 8
94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,866 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.7%, Horror 24.5%, Mystery 15.9%, First-Person 14.7%, Puzzle 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in anomaly detection that forces you to carefully observe your surroundings to escape a repeating loop.
- #6 SEEING THINGS
94% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 15.1%, Logic 14.1%, Mystery 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players to spot minute environmental changes, mirroring the core logic-based horror of the seed game.
- #7 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
93% matchVery Positive92% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Hidden Object 26%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 16.2%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly mirrors the surveillance camera gameplay of 8AM with a focus on identifying supernatural threats.
- #8 I'm on Observation Duty 5
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 795 reviews2022
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Hidden Object 19.7%, Horror 17.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Logic 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: It maintains the high-stakes surveillance atmosphere that makes 8AM so effective at building suspense.
- #9 Floor 9
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Room Games
Windows · Mac
In Floor 9, you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hotel known as "Hotel Liminal." To escape, you must identify anomalies on each floor. These anomalies can be anywhere - on the ground, in paintings, or even right in front of your eyes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.5%, Horror 18.3%, First-Person 13.4%, Puzzle 11%, Mystery 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal take on the anomaly-spotting genre that emphasizes psychological tension within a confined, repetitive setting.
- #10 I'm on Observation Duty 6
91% matchVery Positive94% of 675 reviews2023
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Hidden Object 23.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Logic 19.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Horror 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: This installment offers a polished experience for those who enjoy the methodical process of checking cameras for anomalies.
- #11 Caught On Camera
90% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: nabetsonga
Windows
Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the screens.
Why similar: Mystery 30.7%, Psychological Horror 28.5%, Horror 24.8%, Casual 9%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the surveillance-horror subgenre, focusing on the paranoia of being watched and watching others.
- #12 I'm on Observation Duty 2
89% matchVery Positive92% of 539 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.
Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, Horror 20.9%, Indie 15.1%, Puzzle 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An essential entry in the series that expands on the original's surveillance mechanics with more complex environmental threats.
- #13 CAPTURED
88% 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: Hidden Object 27%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Horror 19.3%, Mystery 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim approach to surveillance horror that emphasizes the psychological weight of being trapped.
- #14 OPEN DOOR
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Hidden Object 24.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Gore 9.6%, Violent 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sense of dread and mystery found in 8AM by focusing on the tension of a confined, first-person space.
- #15 Welcome to the Game
87% matchVery Positive85% of 2,537 reviews2016
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Gore 16.3%, Violent 12.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the intense, claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a room while monitoring screens for dangerous events.
- #16 Confabulation
86% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
Why similar: Hidden Object 23.4%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 17.3%, Mystery 16.6%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that shares the dark, mysterious atmosphere of the seed game.
- #17 False Dream
85% matchVery Positive97% of 477 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Hidden Object 38.5%, Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Casual 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines hidden-object elements with a walking-simulator structure to create a haunting, atmospheric experience.
- #18 Hide Alone
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 222 reviews2022
Dev: Sangwoon JinPub: FLUXJIN
Windows
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, Horror 26.9%, Mystery 16.1%, First-Person 10%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a tense, confined horror experience that relies on the player's ability to stay calm under pressure.
- #19 Five Nights at Freddy's
84% matchVery Positive94% of 58,254 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational surveillance horror game that established the mechanic of managing multiple camera feeds to survive until morning.
- #20 Silence Channel
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: Lexip Games
Windows
A bad incident is like a tangled knot, It sits there, waiting for someone or something to untie it, but until then… scars may be left behind … are you ready for a First person Psychological Horror game based on a true story?!
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 14.5%, Gore 14.1%, Mystery 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a similar atmospheric horror experience with a focus on exploration and psychological unease.
- #21 Psalm 5:9-13
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,834 reviews2024
Dev: N4bA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Gore 19.4%, Horror 18.4%, Mystery 17.8%, First-Person 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, mystery-focused horror experience that rewards careful exploration and observation.
- #22 Security Booth: Director's Cut
82% matchVery Positive90% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle HorwoodPub: Cloud Colony Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The year is 1996 and you’re employed by a science lab called Nova Nexus. You work as a security guard at the front gate to the lab, inside a guard booth. However, tonight it seems something important is happening inside of Nova Nexus and things are... well... a little strange.
Why similar: Mystery 24%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 12%, Gore 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends surveillance-based gameplay with a narrative-driven horror experience that feels grounded and tense.
- #23 Paragnosia
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,899 reviews2024
Dev: Sine Coda
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.9%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Logic 17.6%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%
- #24 IMMURE
83% 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 24.4%, Violent 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses a similar dark, surreal aesthetic to build a sense of constant danger.
- #25 Horror
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: STuNT
Windows
HORROR is a test of your logic in the face of primal fear. You are unarmed. You are vulnerable. All you have is a flashlight with a dying battery and your intellect.
Why similar: Hidden Object 29.4%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #26 TRAPPED
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Violent 51.3%, Action 15.6%, Indie 14.7%, Multiplayer 11%, Co-op 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The title perfectly describes the core feeling of 8AM, focusing on escaping a hostile, enclosed environment.
- #27 Hentai 3018
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,510 reviews2018
Dev: Easy gamePub: Game for people
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Hentai 3018 - is casual puzzle game. You play as a girl that need to get out of the room. Try to find the exit door and not be caught by the enemy or die in the trap.
Why similar: Indie 37.9%, Action 31.4%, Casual 30.6%
- #28 Confabulation: Homestead
78% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.4%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Mystery 17%, Horror 16.3%, First-Person 7.6%
- #29 Mists of Aiden
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Violent 18.3%, Psychological Horror 18%, Gore 11.2%, Mystery 10.7%
- #30 WAIFU HORROR: The Eight Pictures
79% matchMixed60% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: Konnichiwa Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Find all of the 8 pictures before a Hentai Monster finds you. Remember this: do NOT look back!
Why similar: Horror 37.3%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Indie 14.1%, Action 12.6%, First-Person 10.5%
- #31 Jeff The Killer: Horror Game
75% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: SU Company Games
Windows
Survive. Run. Look for answers.
Why similar: Hidden Object 28.3%, Horror 19.2%, Gore 14.8%, Violent 13.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #32 Finnish Cottage 8
76% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Savukivi Games
Windows
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 24.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #33 Blameless
77% matchVery Positive84% of 5,090 reviews2016
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
Why similar: Horror 43.8%, Mystery 14.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #34 Forgot
74% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Hidden Object 30.3%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #35 Trapped
77% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: N4bA
Windows
You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Horror 24.2%, Mystery 19.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Indie 8.4%
- #36 Who Is This Man
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Cocopo
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Who is This Man is an spy game with privacy and hiding. Secretly infiltrate his target's house and miss his stuff. Report them later. Buy new agent equipment
Why similar: Indie 53.3%, Action 46.7%
- #37 Poltergeist Watcher
74% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: DuckGod
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive the night watching the haunted house?
Why similar: Hidden Object 24.8%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Horror 17%, Logic 16.7%, Mystery 13.2%
- #38 Unable to Exit 8
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: Robot
Windows
You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Hidden Object 26.6%, Mystery 19.9%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #39 Don't Be Afraid 2
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Eneida Games
Windows
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Gore 16.4%, Horror 15.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Hidden Object 10%
- #40 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.7%, Hidden Object 30.7%, Horror 18%, Casual 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #41 Oxide Room 104
73% matchMixed68% of 255 reviews2022
Dev: WildSphere
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Horror 23.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #42 Para Eyes
70% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Shawno Studios
Windows
Para Eyes is a spot the difference horror game. Flip through security cameras and find anomalies. But be careful not to go insane.
Why similar: Hidden Object 24.4%, Logic 16%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%
- #43 異ノ故リ-Isolated Hours-
70% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Byking RooKIESPub: Byking Inc.
Windows
A 3D horror game where your only goal is to finish your work… and survive the night. Unnatural anomalies creep into the office as you complete your tasks. Can you make it to the end of your shift alive.
Why similar: Hidden Object 33.5%, Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 26%, First-Person 7.9%, Multiplayer 3.9%
- #44 Beyond The Evil
72% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Logic 20.7%, Hidden Object 18.8%, Mystery 16.9%, Horror 16.9%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #45 Home_0
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Mike Ten
Windows
You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.
Why similar: Hidden Object 32.7%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 19.8%, Puzzle 7%, First-Person 6.8%
- #46 Strange Night ll
75% matchMixed46% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 28.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Indie 13.4%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #47 Psychopathy Assessment
71% 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: Gore 29.1%, Violent 26.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #48 Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 651 reviews2025
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Crime 22.4%, Hidden Object 20.6%, Horror 18%, First-Person 7%
- #49 DeathWatchers
69% matchVery Positive87% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Swain Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players
Why similar: Hidden Object 30.1%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Horror 20.4%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Co-op 5.5%
- #50 Lights Off!
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2022
Dev: TheDollarGameStore
Windows
Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed.
Why similar: Horror 45.6%, Psychological Horror 33.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Puzzle 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #51 Prison Loop
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30%, Horror 20.8%, Mystery 18.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #52 White Room Protocol
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 27.9%, Gore 15.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #53 Locked Fears
71% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: dekoga.d
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Locked Fears is a first person puzzle/horror game with platforming elements and creepy atmosphere. You play as Samuel Custer, a late worker at UNIVERS HORIZONS, when things at the office start to drift into a dreadful situation. With the help of an unknown Individual you try to survive and escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Gore 35.2%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 24.9%, Indie 5.4%, Action 5.2%
- #54 I'm on Observation Duty 7
66% matchVery Positive95% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.1%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Horror 17.9%, Mystery 14%, Logic 12%
- #55 Lost in Anomaly
67% matchMixed64% of 1,146 reviews2024
Dev: Aximus Games
Windows
In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 25.5%, Mystery 13.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #56 UNHEIM
67% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely Bytes
Windows
UNHEIM is a psychological horror surveillance game of exceptional difficulty in which you must not only report anomalies, but also learn to survive paranormal attacks. Every night is a fight for survival against lurking horrors.
Why similar: Hidden Object 22.2%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 15.8%, Mystery 15.8%, Gore 15.5%
- #57 The Anomaly Project
65% matchVery Positive81% of 611 reviews2024
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your goal is simple, spot anomalies to escape. Play alone or together with up to 8 players in online co-op. Make the right decisions to advance to the next level, or risk being reset to the beginning!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Hidden Object 18.1%, Horror 17.5%, Mystery 15.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #58 ESCAPE FROM BOYKISSER
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,305 reviews2024
Dev: akhsotoen
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A terrifying psychological horror where You must explore mysterious Facilities, evade the pursuing Boykisser, and search for the way Outside.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.3%, Horror 21.3%, Hidden Object 20.8%, First-Person 9.9%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #59 Hatch
67% matchMixed68% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Nekoromorph
Windows
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Hidden Object 23.1%, Horror 22.4%, First-Person 17.1%, Mystery 5.9%
- #60 Omitted
68% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 20.6%, Gore 17.8%, Mystery 17.2%, First-Person 6%