Games Like A Light Touch

Wander the halls of an eerie 1920s mansion as haunting visions torment you and the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur. Step into the role of grieving widow Eleanor Hartfield and uncover the chilling truth behind your husband’s mysterious death.

Why similar: Dark 14.9%, Cinematic 14.2%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 11%

A mysterious adventure game where you spin the witch's eyes round and round to unlock secrets. Escort her without hesitation through fantastical puzzles and action.

Why similar: Dark 24.1%, Puzzle 20.9%, Cute 19.4%, Horror 15.1%, Adventure 14.6%

Ahon is a solo developed Filipino indie survival horror game that's inspired by real and historical/present events in the Philippines.

Why similar: Cinematic 25.7%, Dark 17.2%, Puzzle 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 8.9%

Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!

Why similar: Cinematic 16.7%, Puzzle 14.6%, Mystery 11%, Dark 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%

Explore a desecrated cathedral to find your missing wife in this psychological horror adventure. Uncover the dark truth behind the Elohim, solve ancient puzzles, and survive a chilling journey where faith and reality collide. The Bible was mistranslated; the truth is much darker

Why similar: Dark 22.7%, Cinematic 17.8%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 8.8%

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Dark 15.6%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Mystery 10.4%

A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with secret Soviet experiments. Explore atmospheric tunnels, hidden laboratories, and abandoned shrines inspired by real locations—and survive by solving intricate, mind-bending puzzles.

Why similar: Dark 30.1%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 9.6%

Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.

Why similar: Dark 17.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Horror 11.5%, Cinematic 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%

You're stuck in an endlessly looping hallway, but every time you enter it, something seems to be different. Try to spot everything that isn't supposed to be there, but most of all, make sure to get out alive.

Why similar: Cinematic 24.8%, Dark 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 8.8%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Dark 18.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 13.5%, Indie 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Aria is a narrative-driven adventure game following a young girl - Aria and her travelling companion, a “Dolki” (Half Dolphin, half Kiwi). A recent tragedy has left Aria adrift in her own imagination where corruption has begun to intrude upon the lands.

Why similar: Cinematic 21.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Cute 9.3%, Emotional 8.8%

Step into the shoes of Maris, a lone child trapped at sea. Surrounded by eerie creatures, you'll need to outwit dangers and solve puzzles to survive. But the island ahead holds secrets darker than you can imagine. Will escape truly mean freedom?

Why similar: Cinematic 20.1%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%

LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.

Why similar: Cinematic 25.7%, Dark 15.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 9.1%

Enter the abandoned Black Water Asylum in search of a missing girl. Veil of Torment is a psychological horror game where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every step drags you deeper into madness.

Why similar: Cinematic 29.8%, Dark 17%, Adventure 13.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%

Orms follows Sam, a boy lost in a surreal world shaped by his fears. Guided by Kira, he must restore a lighthouse to reconnect with his parents. The game is inspired by Machinarium, but crafted in 3D with expanded locations. It blends emotional storytelling with atmospheric exploration.

Why similar: Dark 15%, Cinematic 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Emotional 10.9%

Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.

Why similar: Dark 22.8%, Puzzle 16.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Horror 15.3%

Ward X is a indie horror puzzle game set inside an abandoned hospital that should have stayed forgotten. Navigate twisted halls and solve puzzles as you search for a way out.

Why similar: Dark 29.5%, Puzzle 20.5%, Horror 16.4%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Indie 7.5%

Light is your only ally in this dark and hostile world. It guides your path, reveals secrets, and wards off the monsters that lurk in the shadows. Harness the strange light emanating from your arm, and venture into this haunting world.

Why similar: Dark 23.7%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Horror 11.3%, Minimalist 9.9%

Returning to the village feels wrong. The wind howls through empty streets, and the lanterns sway like they’re alive. What happened while you were gone?

Why similar: Dark 24%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Horror 10%

CROSSWIRE is a psychological horror game where Alex Keller, a radio technician, uncovers twisted experiments of a deranged scientist in a remote mountain tower. Haunted frequencies fill the air, and survival is your only broadcast.

Why similar: Dark 22.3%, Cinematic 18.5%, Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Mystery 8.2%

Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.7%, Dark 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Horror 11%, Adventure 7.7%

Square wakes up in the colorful world of Crystal. It may all seem like déjà vu, but they have only one goal in mind and they plan to follow it to the end....

Why similar: Cinematic 23.6%, Dark 15.8%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Mystery 8.6%

"Clockwise" is an adventure, puzzle, horror game with different playthroughs. It combines the feeling of being watched with the ones of confusion and fear. Will you find a way out of the haunted house?

Why similar: Adventure 23%, Dark 18.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 11.1%

In this point & cklick adventure join young detective Rudolf Pasaret to solve the greatest mystery of the 19th century. Guide the detective along the brink of insanity through a world created by an evil madman as you unravel a mystery of black magic and false accusations to discover the truth.

Why similar: Dark 17.6%, Cinematic 16.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Puzzle 13.3%

"Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-" Launches on Steam! A new graduate, Kana Sakuragi, begins her new life in a renovated old house, "Akembara House." What seemed like a shiny, ideal property soon turns into a nightmare, as she is plagued by strange phenomena every night...

Why similar: Cinematic 33%, Dark 29.7%, Horror 17.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Trapped in a shifting, surreal world shaped by grief, uncover Sezhar's identity and survive the psychological horror of The Void. Explore haunting environments, question reality, and face a presence that remembers you… even if you don’t.

Why similar: Cinematic 16.4%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Mystery 9.2%

A psychological horror spin-off of the acclaimed game Claire. You play as Deacon, a man searching for his missing father, but the deeper you dug, the darker the truths you uncovered, secrets you wish you’d never found, and that will haunt you forever.

Why similar: Cinematic 17.9%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.6%

A first-person psychological horror where a harmless camp ritual awakens The Dame: a presence bound to mirrors and silence. Break the mirrors before she reaches you.

Why similar: Cinematic 27.7%, Dark 15%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.

Why similar: Dark 20.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Cute 10.3%, Horror 10.3%

Venture through a twisted corporate office in this first-person psychological horror. An ordinary evening of overtime turns into a nightmare. You awaken at midnight, trapped in a place you no longer recognize. Follow the clues, unravel what happened. Can you survive the night and escape alive?

Why similar: Dark 23.9%, Horror 13.2%, Cinematic 11.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Why similar: Cinematic 22.7%, Dark 19.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Mystery 8%

In the middle of the night, while finding her parents, a girl falls to the toy world through attic locked for a long time. Will it be possible for her to find her parents and go back to her world? Let's solve some puzzles and explore the mysterious toy world.

Why similar: Cinematic 26.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 9%

A psychological first-person horror about a house that hides a disturbing truth beneath its walls. Explore, uncover fragments of the past, and decide whether to confront what lies below… or leave it buried forever.

Why similar: Cinematic 18.1%, Dark 16.8%, Horror 10.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Mystery 8.5%

This is an adventure game. You can drive the car and look around with mouse. You can interact things with keyboard and mouse functions like a book. I don't want to make a game that tries too hard. I prefer it to be more subtle than edgy. This game is a creepy, almost a thriller driving experience.

Why similar: Cinematic 30.2%, Dark 18.5%, Adventure 16%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%

The Secret of Whispering is a psychological horror puzzle game. The player is lured into an abandoned house by mysterious calls. As he explores the eerie property, he uncovers dark secrets and is drawn into a maelstrom of puzzles and gruesome revelations.

Why similar: Dark 19%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%

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: Dark 16.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Cinematic 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Puzzle 11.1%

Is this world ruined by environmental pollution just a nightmare? Or is it our future?

Why similar: Dark 24.5%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Cinematic 12.6%, Horror 9.7%

As a Stationmaster of a sleepy English station, it is your duty to carry out the nightly tasks and tend to the customers, but can the customers be trusted?

Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Horror 18.8%, Dark 18.7%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Indie 8.7%

Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.

Why similar: Cinematic 25.3%, Dark 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Emotional 9.3%, Horror 9.2%

Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?

Why similar: Cinematic 17.2%, Cute 10.9%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Emotional 8.4%

Trapped in unfamiliar places, investigate your surroundings, collect clues, and combine them to solve escape room style puzzles. With the help of different personalities, uncover the mysterious story behind Dorothy in this mystery 2D point-and-click escape adventure.

Why similar: Dark 18.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Dark 23.8%, Cinematic 17.6%, Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 9.7%

LET ME OUT - is a psychological horror with a depressing mood. The life of the main character lies in your hands. Help him get out of his difficult condition and walk this path with him.

Why similar: Dark 16.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Horror 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%

On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.

Why similar: Dark 21.9%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 8.2%

Explore mystical realms, fight epic bosses & investigate fragmented memories as you unveil the truth behind your estranged father

Why similar: Cinematic 22.8%, Atmospheric 19.6%, Fantasy 13.6%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 9.4%

A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.

Why similar: Dark 20%, Puzzle 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 10.8%

Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.

Why similar: Cinematic 24%, Dark 17.1%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Exploration 9.5%

Dead On Arrival: Remastered is an atmospheric horror-puzzle game. Uncover the true consequences of one’s actions. A remastered version of the original classic!

Why similar: Cinematic 24.7%, Dark 18.1%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%

《Seduction》is a 2d horror adventure puzzle game. Lee has to survive in the dark realm and to save Mei's soul from being use for the great summoning. Facing with mysteries, he has to figure out the truth in order to end it.

Why similar: Dark 20.6%, Cinematic 17.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Horror 11%

Hide. Solve. Run. Survive. In a near-future dystopia ruined by the Yellow, Aila must rely on observation and ingenuity to escape a world where light is lethal. Copy objects from the environment, adapt under pressure, and create your own way forward in this dark cinematic stealth adventure.

Why similar: Cinematic 20.8%, Dark 19.1%, Puzzle 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Horror 8.7%

Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!

Why similar: Dark 20.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Cute 11.8%, Point & Click 10%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Quandary is a 2D puzzle platformer where you navigate puzzles with two separate characters, each embodying a side of your conscience and moving in opposite directions, Can you find harmony within this inner chaos and solve puzzles that seem impossible?

Why similar: Cinematic 26.1%, Dark 17.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Minimalist 9.2%

A liminal psychological experience powered by Steam audio. Navigate the levels. And don´t get scared.

Why similar: Cinematic 21.2%, Puzzle 15.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 13.3%, Dark 11.3%

Uncle's Basement is a survival horror game with puzzle solving elements. In it you will have to go through all the difficulties and find a way out of the place of confinement.

Why similar: Dark 22.4%, Horror 19.6%, Puzzle 16.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 11.4%

踏上《河神：沉溺之流》的旅程，在那里一个古老的村庄与深入其骨髓的诅咒斗争。揭开一个邪恶祭司的秘密，他的黑暗仪式将村庄与生死界限之外的领域连接在一起。

Why similar: Dark 18%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%

You find yourself in an abandoned military town, from which all its inhabitants have disappeared due to unexplained circumstances. You will need to find out what happened, but unexplained phenomena will occur during the investigation. This journey will change the main character forever.

Why similar: Cinematic 26.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 9.3%

Not a Crow is a narrative point-and-click adventure. Guide a lonely crow through the remnants of a fallen world as she searches for her place among the ruins.

Why similar: Dark 18.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Cute 14.8%, Point & Click 12.6%

Seclusion: Islesbury is a mystery/horror adventure game with a focus on creating an absorbing journey. In this journey, you will explore various locations with countless mysteries to solve while trying to stay out of the madness that surrounds the town.

Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Indie 10.6%, Mystery 10.5%

We Are Not Alone is a new twist on horror that combines first person exploration and third person point and click adventure. As a member of a "safe" isolation experiment you'll explore an underground facility, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of an unknown creature. Just don't make eye contact.

Why similar: Dark 21.8%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 8.8%, Point & Click 8.4%