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Games Like School Grounds

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Gore, Indie, Casual, Adventure.

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Strange mannequins silently stalk visitors to the school grounds as they piece together the mystery of what is happening at the school.

Reviews: Mixed — 43% — of 82 reviews
Released: 2018-12-14
Developer: JubleLemonSeed
Genres: Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Project IO
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: T124 Studios LLC
    Windows

    Project IO is a first-person, survival horror video game set in the late 1950's, with an emphasis on exploration and narrative.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  2. #2 Unnamed Experiment
    76% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: Ke Zhou
    Windows

    A point-and-click puzzle game with no textual guidance at all, relying solely on cryptic symbols and mundane objects given an alien twist. An atmospheric journey awaits. Lean on your sensation and gut instinct, but don't get lost.

    Why similar: Gore 73.8%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 12.7%

  3. #3 Worlds
    70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: Y Develop
    Windows

    Worlds-is a psychological horror with a deep story, where nothing is accidental. The narrative is delivered in an unconventional way — not through dialogues or a narrator, but through the environment and subtle details And remember, nothing in this game is done for no reason.

    Why similar: Gore 70.6%, Indie 16.8%, Horror 12.7%

  4. #4 Wolf or Boy
    81% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
    Dev: AIRLIB Co., Ltd.Pub: Icelink
    Windows

    Wolf or Boy is a simulation game in which you can experience a physiological battle between humans and werewolves. Hearing a rumor that horrible murders are repeated in a village in the middle of nowhere, you decide to visit the site. Apparently, how they got killed is not a human beings doing. There are werewolves amongst the villagers..

    Why similar: Gore 74.2%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 12.1%

  5. #5 Sanguine Sanctum
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2018
    Dev: Modus Interactive Games
    Windows · Mac

    It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic.

    Why similar: Gore 72.4%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 12.4%

  6. #6 Obligation
    77% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
    Dev: 朽木布可凋夜Pub: JingtuStudio
    Windows

    "Obligation" is a decryption game made by RPGMaker. The player learns what happened to the character by switching the character personality. Different personalities have different ideas and operations on the same item.

    Why similar: Gore 86.5%, Indie 13.5%

  7. #7 Diastone: Confusion
    77% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2019
    Dev: Souluted GamesPub: My Way Games
    Windows

    A short story about a mysterious incident in the North of Transylvania and the punishment suffered by his culprit. Get ready to be a part of this story and learn its solution.

    Why similar: Gore 74%, Horror 13.9%, Indie 12.1%

  8. #8 Hot Earth: inVasion
    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: .M.Y.W.
    Windows

    Earth, 11019 year, George and Jack, first encountered the bloodthirsty race "Virus". Which captures and subjugates the other worlds. Led by the emperor Necrofus, their army invaded the land. -You have a unique opportunity to become a hero and save the earth!

    Why similar: Gore 74.2%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 12.1%

  9. #9 Barry Has a Secret
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sandbay Games
    Windows

    Meal hiding simulator.

    Why similar: Gore 85.4%, Indie 14.6%

  10. #10 Aylin: The Story of Tom
    62% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: SkorBartStudioPub: SkorBartInteractive
    Windows

    A psychological horror adventure where you explore an abandoned hospital, solve environmental puzzles, and escape deadly supernatural forces to save your daughter.

    Why similar: Gore 82.5%, Horror 8.8%, Indie 8.7%

  11. #11 Senity: The Game
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Panics
    Windows

    The first FPS action game with a fully artificial intelligence-driven dynamic storyline, massive 500-player online multiplayer, and player-learning opponents, Senity sets new standards in game design.

    Why similar: Gore 78.7%, Casual 21.3%

  12. #12 Red Flu
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Kostrov Games
    Windows

    The game "Bird flu" - is a shooter (with elements of horror game) first-person. The action takes place in the USSR in the nineteen eighties.

    Why similar: Gore 85.4%, Indie 14.6%

  13. #13 Krum - Battle Arena
    66% matchMixed48% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: HA Studio Ltd.Pub: SA Industry
    Windows

    In the arena, the rules are simple: bring your name and your country in front of everyone else! It’s a fun, competitive, asynchronous hack-and-slash parody game.

    Why similar: Gore 66.5%, Casual 17.7%, Indie 15.8%

  14. #14 Maska's Masks
    64% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MIRO-CO Studio
    Windows

    The brother and sister that destiny joins, the illusion that emerges ceaselessly and weird masks...What is the true face of mysterious person maska after all? Here, players will explore dreams, illusions, absurdity and reality with Ayr.

    Why similar: Gore 70%, Indie 16.9%, Horror 13.1%

  15. #15 Nine
    77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
    Dev: Baiacu Games
    Windows

    Never stop walking and try to stay alive, even a child should be able to do it

    Why similar: Gore 85.3%, Indie 14.7%

  16. #16 Creator's Chasm
    73% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
    Dev: ((no-end-parens Studio
    Windows

    Enter a surreal world crawling with monsters representing the anxieties and challenges you are too afraid to meet face to face as an artist - whether you're a painter, programmer, musician, writer, or otherwise.

    Why similar: Gore 59.2%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 14.1%, Horror 11.5%

  17. #17 Employee Recycling Center
    77% matchMostly Negative29% of 140 reviews2017
    Dev: Idea Cabin
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Abandoned by your co-workers after a terrible accident in the factory, you are trapped. Interact with your environment, solve puzzles and unlock up to 500 achievements in this new adventure for PC and Virtual Reality Headsets.

    Why similar: Gore 71.3%, Indie 14.4%, Casual 14.3%

  18. #18 The Inevitability
    75% matchMixed58% of 117 reviews2017
    Dev: VaNyuHa
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%

    The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...

    Why similar: Gore 74.1%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 12.7%

  19. #19 Fantasy Battles
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: Area VR
    Windows

    Fantasy Battles is a game based on the principle of Battle Royale. You have the opportunity to compete with people, around the world, in battles based on comics. At the beginning you have the Wild West card to play, shortly followed by Omaha Beach and Sci-Fi World these worlds are of course included in the price.

    Why similar: Gore 74.2%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 12.1%

  20. #20 The Pillage
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2018
    Dev: Bishop Armstrong
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    A fast paced hack-n-slash arcade game where kidneys are harvested from everyone in your path.

    Why similar: Gore 98.9%, Casual 0.6%, Indie 0.5%

  21. #21 Undead Shadow Army
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DreamWorldGames
    Windows

    Undead Shadow Army is a challenging 2.5D zombie shooter ! Are you ready to fight against the army of undead shadows ?

    Why similar: Gore 74.2%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 12.1%

  22. #22 Nystagmus
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2019
    Dev: LGDC
    Windows

    An island, shrouded with darkness and clouds of mystery, is your only hope for salvation. In this first-person horror game, your character, an engineer in search for his fiancee, arrives at the suspicious island you’ve only ever heard about.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  23. #23 彼岸画廊/Nether Gallery
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 206 reviews2019
    Dev: HongShou Studio
    Windows · Mac

    《Nether Gallery》 is a cross-section puzzle-solving horror game in which players play a social animal and solve puzzles in the interlaced environment of dreams and reality. The style of background art is similar to that of contemporary China, and the living condition of the protagonist has a lot of resonance with the young people of...

    Why similar: Gore 63.8%, Indie 19.6%, Horror 16.6%

  24. #24 krAsAvA Shot
    71% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
    Dev: MIGALOO GAMES
    Windows

    2079 planet Earth. Together with the spacecraft conducting the expedition on Mars, the earth gets an unknown virus. Almost the entire population of the planet exposed to infection and mutated into zombies.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  25. #25 Matter of the Dreams
    71% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
    Dev: Zuev Nikita
    Windows

    Matter of the Dreams - is a game for die-hard action fans. No exploration, no searching for keys to unlock paths – the player needs nothing more than good aim and a quick trigger finger to succeed.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  26. #26 Staggered!
    59% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JabrilsPub: HAX!
    Windows

    Staggëred! Is a local multiplayer fighting game where you play as an android that falls apart overtime. There is a campaign that you can play as well to unlock new characters & parts for Android factory mode!

    Why similar: Gore 65.8%, Casual 18.4%, Indie 15.9%

  27. #27 One Night 2: The Beyond
    71% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2018
    Dev: Dark Gaia Studios
    Windows

    A Lovecraftian survival horror adventure game inspired by the classics of the 90s.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  28. #28 ENDURE
    57% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Noir Studios
    Windows

    ENDURE is a randomly generated psychological horror experience, focusing on individual phobias to create the most terrifying experience possible.

    Why similar: Gore 62.2%, Indie 27.1%, Horror 10.7%

  29. #29 Mad Farm VR
    70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: Happy Bat
    Windows

    Any day being eaten alive does not seem like a joyous activity, especially when you are up against a reckless animal that can devour you with ease. There are more than enough animals for zombie uprising and this farm dispatched the first of the undead. Are you ready to enter this madness!?

    Why similar: Gore 73.3%, Casual 14.1%, Indie 12.6%

  30. #30 The Other Side Of The Screen
    70% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2018
    Dev: VaNyuHa
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    The game has 5 main characters that participate in a deadly show called "The Other Side of the Screen" . Each player has to find a way out of his location. The levels and their difficulty are completely different. You are given an opportunity to play for any of the mentioned characters.

    Why similar: Gore 76.2%, Indie 13.3%, Horror 10.5%

  31. #31 The Creature
    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2021
    Dev: tylobix
    Windows

    This game was a test-project to learn game development. Now we are working on "Operation: OMEGA", our first real project, which will receive a demo version the end of 2023. The Creature will be part of our "Trandoria Saga" like Operation: OMEGA and we will rework this game piece by piece in 2025.

    Why similar: Gore 67.8%, Casual 12.8%, Indie 10.4%, Horror 9%

  32. #32 The Hospital: Allison's Diary
    70% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
    Dev: KR GamesPub: Star Consult S.r.l.
    Windows

    "The Hospital: Allison's Diary" is a new horror virtual reality experience, putting the user alone in an abandoned hospital searching for the unknown with only the help of a single torch. You will face true fear in a way you had never thought possible.

    Why similar: Gore 85.3%, Indie 14.7%

  33. #33 Final Rest
    71% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2017
    Dev: Slipgate Studios
    Windows

    This is a 4 minute non-interactive experience, that allows you to face your fears & prank other people using props. In this nightmarish-dream you’ll discover the story of the butcher, who used to roam the halls of the asylum, now turned hospital. Check full description & video for more details.

    Why similar: Gore 59.9%, Casual 16%, Indie 14.3%, Horror 9.8%

  34. #34 Shadows in the Silence
    56% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZoOgame
    Windows

    Shadows in the Silence is a short first-person psychological horror game with jumpscare mechanics. You will have to explore an abandoned mansion and investigate the horrors committed by a cult devoted to Astaroth,there are scenes of violence and explicit images, the use of headphones is recommended.

    Why similar: Gore 79.6%, Horror 15.6%, Indie 4.8%

  35. #35 Corpse Castle
    55% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wicked Cake GamesPub: Whim Independent Studios
    Windows

    Corpse Castle is a procedurally animated high-velocity twin stick fighter set in a deranged body-horror mystery where you must use your bare hands (or what’s left of them) to construct a tower from the flesh and bone of those who stand in your way.

    Why similar: Gore 70.8%, Indie 20.9%, Horror 8.3%

  36. #36 Another Bad Day in the Future
    51% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Alex SullivanPub: Wandering Research & Development
    Windows

    Another bad day in the future is an open world VR espionage game. Players undertake jobs for one of four political parties in a flying city. Players traverse the city using arm swing based locomotion, grablines, and can climb all the buildings.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  37. #37 To the Hell
    66% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2019
    Dev: 森林纵火犯
    Windows

    This is a nerve-racking, stimulating, exciting, and even crashing horizontal version game. In this personal adventure, you have to use the easiest operation to move on in the hardest level.

    Why similar: Gore 80.8%, Indie 19.2%

  38. #38 Misshapen
    55% 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 84.4%, Horror 10.7%, Indie 4.9%

  39. #39 The Dark Wish
    55% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BitRay Studio
    Windows

    The Dark Wish is adventure horror game. Are you brave enough to discover true?

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  40. #40 Unsacrifice
    55% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Unreal SpiritPub: Daniel Muñoz Michán
    Windows

    Unsacrifice is a classic survival horror game compile in a solo campaign. You will play as a priest apprendice, lost in a world full of mysteries, hidden dangers and deformed creatures that the player has to escape from.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  41. #41 Follow My Footsteps
    55% 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 73.1%, Horror 14.9%, Indie 12%

  42. #42 Opus 1 - Social Justice War
    54% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GoGirl Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Shoot down fascists and free humanity from bigotry!

    Why similar: Gore 75.1%, Casual 13.2%, Indie 11.8%

  43. #43 Strike Force: Arctic Storm
    70% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2016
    Dev: West Forest Games
    Windows

    Strike Force: Arctic Storm is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games and a standalone add-on for Strike Force: Desert Thunder.Customize your loadout and join intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks.

    Why similar: Gore 84.7%, Indie 15.3%

  44. #44 Azurael's Circle: Chapter 3
    66% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2018
    Dev: Jordan AllenPub: Enkian Games
    Windows

    Azurael's Circle: Chapter 3 is a horror-mystery adventure game. Explore the Old Ways nursing home and speak to the various residents to learn the secrets and answers within the nursing home.

    Why similar: Gore 74%, Horror 13.9%, Indie 12.1%

  45. #45 Heebie Jeebies: The Roller Coaster
    65% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
    Dev: Lukas Litinskas
    Windows

    Heebie Jeebies is a horror roller coaster game created especially for VR. To survive the whole ride, you will have to hold the handles in front of you. If at any point you will release them - GAME OVER. This is the perfect game for you to experience something spooky and to scare your friends as well.

    Why similar: Gore 84.2%, Horror 15.8%

  46. #46 CLIMB!
    54% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZeroHourGames, LLC.
    Windows

    A 2D mountain climbing simulation taking place on some of the most dangerous mountains around the world with a touch of ridiculous hyper-violence!

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  47. #47 There is a Thief in my House VR
    65% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: Kucki
    Windows

    How is the life of a thief? While others are at work, you break into their house, doing some renovations and taking their TV and Game consoles because they don't need them anymore!

    Why similar: Gore 65.8%, Casual 18.4%, Indie 15.9%

  48. #48 Two Weeks Game
    54% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: derevotyanPub: derevotyan
    Windows · Linux

    Nikolay must gather his comrades and find proofs to stop the visual novel contest. But every time he dies durring his quest - he wakes up semperfideling on lecture at his Sharaga.

    Why similar: Gore 66.1%, Casual 17.9%, Indie 16%

  49. #49 Truecolors
    65% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: Team Newtype
    Windows

    Truecolors is a game where we have to gather clues to the murder in the ship and get to the bottom of it, and survive the dangers and traps everywhere.

    Why similar: Gore 71.6%, Indie 28.4%

  50. #50 Damned Hours
    68% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2017
    Dev: Delusion Arts Entertainment, LLC
    Windows

    Do you dare play with the spirits to hide? You will take the role of Annie, in this test of Japanese value, closely related to spirits or ghosts, is called Hitori Kakurenbo, and is also known as "the game of the hidden ones alone". This girl will go through the biggest fears when everything gets out of control.

    Why similar: Gore 67.1%, Horror 12%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 9.6%

  51. #51 Tourists Kidnapped a Little Bear
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 96 reviews2017
    Dev: Wojciech KrupinskiPub: KrupinskiArt
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Tourists Kidnapped a Little Bear is a retro 8 bit game with cute five-color-arts, fx-sounds and represents a story of a brave mama bear.Mama bear need's to find and rescue her beloved little bear who was kidnapped by tourists.

    Why similar: Gore 79.2%, Casual 10.6%, Indie 10.2%

  52. #52 Guroopia!
    64% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
    Dev: Josh Sullivan
    Windows

    A fun 2D puzzle physics platformer where you manipulate the direction of gravity to complete your mission. You are Marvin, a cool stick-man who is abruptly disturbed by the Dream Wizard. Marvin is told he owes a "dream debt" to the Dream Wizard and will not be allowed to wake up until it's paid!

    Why similar: Gore 80.5%, Indie 19.5%

  53. #53 The Payphone
    49% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Kosumic Interactive Studio
    Windows

    You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.

    Why similar: Gore 46.4%, Casual 21.5%, Horror 21.2%, Indie 10.9%

  54. #54 Joel Mayer's Purgatory
    53% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Joel Mayer Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Help Alex to save her friends before they succumb to the flames of hell and uncover the shocking truth about a family, their mansion and the Purgatory in this stylish horror adventure game.

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  55. #55 Kunoichi
    65% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: DMGamesmithPub: None
    Windows

    Defeat the forces of the evil Daimyo who destroyed your clan. Stand against dangerous enemies like samurais, ninjas and ronin mercenaries who will attack you with various melee and range weapons.

    Why similar: Gore 66.1%, Casual 17.9%, Indie 16%

  56. #56 Empty Sharp
    64% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: Meltdownergames
    Windows

    Play the part of Rosalie, a wicked girl forced to take a long journey due to an unexpected tragedy. Leave Lanya capital and go searching yourself; ask mysterious entities, dark creatures and mere humans to find a way to heal.

    Why similar: Gore 80.5%, Indie 19.5%

  57. #57 Stary
    65% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2018
    Dev: Yars
    Windows

    Death is the inevitable and logical conclusion of life. All people, one way or another, understand this, but until the end they dare to accept only a few. Stary - the story of the traveler

    Why similar: Gore 85.9%, Indie 14.1%

  58. #58 Azurael's Circle: Chapter 1
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2018
    Dev: Jordan AllenPub: Enkian Games
    Windows

    Azurael's Circle: Chapter 1 is a horror-mystery adventure game where you must find the truth about your mother's death. What evils await you in the depths of the Lancaster farmhouse? The further you go, the more strange things get.

    Why similar: Gore 72.8%, Horror 14.2%, Indie 13%

  59. #59 SCP Area 8
    52% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mykhailo Radzievskyi
    Windows · Mac

    The function of the secret SCP Foundation facilities is to contain and study anomalous objects, but something went wrong.

    Why similar: Gore 74.5%, Horror 14.3%, Indie 11.2%

  60. #60 Fever Cabin
    63% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2020
    Dev: Justin Foley
    Windows

    "Five Nights at Freddy's meets COD Zombies" in this challenging horror shooter with pseudo puzzle elements that forces you to use your head and listen carefully.

    Why similar: Gore 68.2%, Indie 17.3%, Horror 14.6%

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