- #1 Marie's Room
97% matchVery Positive93% of 6,688 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Story Rich 16.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Point & Click 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused walking simulator that excels at telling a poignant, mysterious story within a contained, everyday environment.
- #2 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,822 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A masterful point-and-click narrative that shares the same dark, atmospheric, and surreal storytelling style as the seed game.
- #3 Who's Lila?
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,792 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Point & Click 20.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 15%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game that uses unique point-and-click mechanics to explore identity and unsettling, mundane situations.
- #4 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,252 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Psychological 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 16.9%, Emotional 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A brief, highly atmospheric psychological experience that captures the same sense of internal dread and oddness found in A Date in the Park.
- #5 Football Game
95% matchVery Positive92% of 331 reviews2018
Dev: Cloak and Dagger Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...
Why similar: Thriller 15.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Psychological 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychological point-and-click thriller that captures the same feeling of unease in a seemingly normal small-town setting.
- #6 Fingerbones
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,599 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 16%, Point & Click 15.3%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free psychological horror game that uses environmental storytelling to build a sense of dread similar to the seed game.
- #7 Cube Escape: Paradox
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,161 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Puzzle 22.2%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Part of a surreal series that excels at blending point-and-click puzzles with a constant, lingering sense of psychological horror.
- #8 Serena
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,583 reviews2014
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 21%
How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.
Why similar: Horror 86.8%, Point & Click 4.7%, Psychological Horror 2.9%, Mystery 1.5%, Story Rich 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A free, short, and intimate point-and-click psychological horror game that focuses on narrative and atmospheric discovery.
- #9 The Cat Lady
91% matchVery Positive94% of 6,285 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Emotional 10%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, mature point-and-click adventure that masterfully handles psychological themes and unsettling, dreamlike imagery.
- #10 The Park®
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,192 reviews2015
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Psychological 9.5%, Thriller 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric walking simulator that uses a familiar location to build intense psychological horror.
- #11 Sally Face - Episode One
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 28,581 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Point & Click 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Horror 11.4%, Emotional 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich adventure that uses a unique art style to explore disturbing, surreal mysteries in an everyday setting.
- #12 Sisyphus Reborn
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,102 reviews2016
Dev: Edwin MontgomeryPub: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.5%, Atmospheric 25.5%, Adventure 19.2%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, philosophical, and atmospheric indie game that explores themes of isolation and psychological struggle.
- #13 When the Darkness comes
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Walking Simulator 27.6%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological 9.2%, Emotional 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror walking simulator that focuses on surreal environments and internal emotional states.
- #14 Fran Bow
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,901 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Point & Click 22.6%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological 11.3%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that masterfully blends childhood innocence with dark, psychological horror elements.
- #15 Little Misfortune
86% matchVery Positive92% of 14,094 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, whimsical, and surreal point-and-click adventure that shares the same focus on narrative-driven exploration of unsettling themes.
- #16 Something Strange
87% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.7%, Horror 34%, 2D 15.4%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D visual novel that uses psychological horror elements to create an unsettling and mysterious atmosphere.
- #17 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
85% matchVery Positive92% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Horror 12.8%, Thriller 10.7%, Emotional 10%
Why You'll Like It: A folk-horror point-and-click adventure that excels at building tension through atmospheric exploration and mystery.
- #18 Garden of Oblivion
86% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Horror 100%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free visual novel that leans into surreal, psychological horror themes within a casual interface.
- #19 Doki Doki Literature Club!
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 226,656 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.3%, Romance 22.9%, Horror 22.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror experience that subverts the expectations of a mundane setting to create a deeply unsettling narrative.
- #20 DREAM LOGIC
84% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and atmospheric dread in a dreamlike world.
- #21 Midnight Snack
82% matchVery Positive88% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Horror 20.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Exploration 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal horror game that focuses on the unsettling nature of everyday, late-night exploration.
- #22 WORLD OF HORROR
82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,835 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cosmic horror game that focuses on surreal, point-and-click investigation and psychological dread.
- #23 Silent Love
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Thriller 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, mystery-driven adventure that focuses on psychological horror and emotional storytelling.
- #24 Rental
79% matchVery Positive92% of 5,552 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely HousePub: Animita Project
Windows
Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Exploration 16.5%, Mystery 16%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free horror game that uses atmospheric exploration to build tension in a mundane, everyday location.
- #25 Disturbed
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,872 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Horror 18.7%, Point & Click 17.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free, short adventure game that uses a dark, hand-drawn aesthetic to tell a psychological horror story.
- #26 7th Chance
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Emotional 9.5%, Point & Click 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction adventure that focuses on puzzle-solving and exploration in a mysterious, narrative-rich environment.
- #27 Mimic Search
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,040 reviews2024
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Thriller 23.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 17.1%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses atmospheric, retro-inspired visuals to create a sense of constant unease.
- #28 Port of Call
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,284 reviews2015
Dev: Underdog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Walking Simulator 31.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental indie game that focuses on atmosphere and narrative discovery in a contained setting.
- #29 The Man in the Park
78% matchVery Positive84% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
You see a man in the park on your walk home. Will you help him?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.1%, Horror 42.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #30 Fragments of Dread - False Haven
76% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Domnaier
Windows
Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Thriller 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.7%
- #31 Four Rendezvous
78% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Diada Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hero meets a mysterious girl in the park. Who is that girl? What is a mystery surrounding her? And what about the world they met in? There's definitely something wrong with it. So many questions! So the hero has to deal with all of it to find his love.
Why similar: Romance 41.7%, Story Rich 22.7%, Atmospheric 19.5%, 2D 9.3%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized, atmospheric visual novel that focuses on story-rich, casual exploration of mysterious encounters.
- #32 It Happened At Night
77% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Horror 12.6%, Thriller 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #33 Shiver
77% matchVery Positive92% of 481 reviews2017
Dev: Kowai Sugoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
Why similar: Point & Click 46.8%, Horror 41.4%, Adventure 11.8%
- #34 The Sixth Sorrow
75% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Nezumirra
Windows
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Thriller 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.6%
- #35 The Man in the Park 2: The Second Man in the Park
74% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Elliott Dahle
Windows
It's been so long. You've tried to forget, however tonight you must walk through the park again. Now there are two men in the park. Will you help one, or both? Who will you trust?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.8%, Horror 31.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #36 Emily is Away
75% matchVery Positive89% of 32,336 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.4%, Story Rich 23.7%, Romance 22.9%, Singleplayer 4%, 2D 2.7%
- #37 Inversed
74% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Psychological 15.2%, Emotional 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%
- #38 7 Days To Think About It
73% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Mankind GamesPub: viviON Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror game where your friends invite you to hang out tonight — you have 7 days to think about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 8.2%
- #39 The NADI Project
76% matchMixed67% of 470 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Exploration 16.1%, Horror 15.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #40 The Corruption Within
73% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Thriller 16.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Mystery 10%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #41 The Last Letter
72% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 14%, Thriller 13%, Psychological 12.2%
- #42 Pleh!
71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,364 reviews2023
Dev: Jester Games
Windows
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 14.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Horror 8.1%
- #43 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,606 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Romance 31.2%, Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 25.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #44 The Old Tree
73% matchVery Positive90% of 3,316 reviews2015
Dev: Red Dwarf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #45 The Stalked 3
71% matchVery Positive85% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Horror 11.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Psychological 9.5%
- #46 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
72% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Romance 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Thriller 10.1%
- #47 URLate
70% matchVery Positive94% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: NoSepoGames
Windows
URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 43%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 10.8%, 2D 10%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #48 TELEFORUM
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,537 reviews2023
Dev: Monumental CollabPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Horror 22%, Story Rich 11%, Exploration 10.7%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #49 A Date With Chester 2
69% matchVery Positive98% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Chester the Otter
Windows
It's been three years since your first date with Chester the Otter. It's your anniversary today, and you've both got surprises in store. Are you ready for a date that's truly out of this world?
Why similar: Romance 41.3%, Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 14%, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #50 Moon River
68% matchVery Positive99% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: BadAliasPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too... Explore the remains of an quiet, empty world & find the river's end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Exploration 17.8%, Emotional 15.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Mystery 9.4%
- #51 Dinner with an Owl
70% matchVery Positive95% of 880 reviews2021
Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
Windows
Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Horror 19.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 14%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #52 Desktop Explorer
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, 1990's 12.9%, Mystery 10.3%
- #53 Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story
69% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Under The Bed Games
Windows
Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and a cozy horror setting that tells a short story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Horror 19.8%, Mystery 17.6%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Puzzle 12.4%
- #54 Aimi
71% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Toasty
Windows · Mac
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Psychological 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #55 Aurora Hills: Chapter 1
66% matchVery Positive95% of 3,732 reviews2024
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Mystery 16.1%, Puzzle 11.9%, 1980s 10.6%, Thriller 10%
- #56 67 Minutes in Heaven
67% matchVery Positive87% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: One Flow ManPub: Treestyle Studios
Windows
Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Horror 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #57 Eternal Afternoon
66% matchVery Positive95% of 453 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, 1990's 14.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Mystery 9.2%
- #58 Beso's Shawarma
67% matchVery Positive92% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Mtatsminda Studio
Windows
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.9%, 1990's 10.2%
- #59 Missing Hiker
67% matchVery Positive85% of 3,746 reviews2023
Dev: Gemezl
Windows
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Thriller 20.4%, Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Psychological 10.5%
- #60 Answer Knot
68% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2019
Dev: Naraven
Windows
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Emotional 18.4%, Horror 15.5%
