- #1 Misery Mansion
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Stealth 19%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Demons 11.9%, Horror 11.5%, Dark 11%
- #2 Ad Infernum
96% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Stealth 14.9%, Demons 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Dark 11.6%, Shooter 9.2%
- #3 SCP: Fragmented Minds
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,350 reviews2025
Dev: HST StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Why similar: Stealth 20.4%, FPS 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 10.6%
- #4 Fortuito: Lost History
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: FPS 16.6%, Demons 13.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, 1990's 10.5%, Dark 9.5%
- #5 NEDRA
94% matchMixed67% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: Stealth 16.8%, FPS 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.6%, Dark 8.9%
- #6 ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY
94% matchVery Positive81% of 517 reviews2026
Dev: ASD Games StudioPub: ASD Games © 2026
Windows · Linux
A former special forces operative is sent to uncover a government cover-up tied to a secret viral experiment. As he explores a hidden underground lab and tracks the last two survivors, he realizes the facility conceals even darker secrets.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 14.4%, Horror 13.6%, Realistic 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #7 The Black Ice
93% matchVery Positive83% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: RED CRAB GAMESPub: Antelus Games
Windows
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
Why similar: Dark 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 12.1%, Realistic 10.7%, Shooter 9.5%
- #8 SCP – Containment Breach
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,308 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Dark 14.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 8.9%
- #9 Project Crypt
91% matchVery Positive85% of 420 reviews2022
Dev: Skullazon Interactive
Windows
Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.
Why similar: FPS 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Shooter 8.6%
- #10 A.I.L.A
90% matchVery Positive83% of 1,293 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 21.1%, Realistic 16.1%, Demons 12%, First-Person 12%
- #11 Judas
92% matchMixed69% of 150 reviews2017
Dev: Studio48
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.2%, Stealth 15.7%, Dark 14%, Horror 12.1%, Demons 11.3%
- #12 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
89% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Dark 18.6%, Horror 16.7%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 8%
- #13 Project Silverfish
87% matchVery Positive94% of 3,126 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: FPS 16%, Stealth 15.1%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 11%, Shooter 10.9%
- #14 Stygian: Outer Gods
88% matchVery Positive83% of 674 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Stealth 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, FPS 13.8%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 11.2%
- #15 SILENT BREATH
89% matchMixed68% of 1,210 reviews2024
Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 19.6%, Dark 15.8%, 1990's 14.1%, Realistic 12.9%
- #16 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
86% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2025
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Dark 17.6%, FPS 12.8%, Realistic 12%, Action-Adventure 10.9%
- #17 Total Chaos
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,505 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, FPS 13.1%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 11%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #18 Abnormality
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.1%, Horror 21.5%, Demons 18.5%, First-Person 11.7%, Mystery 10%
- #19 MATRESHKA
82% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.4%, Demons 12.8%, Horror 12.5%, Realistic 10.1%
- #20 JANITOR BLEEDS
83% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 17.8%, Dark 15.8%, Mystery 12.6%, First-Person 11.3%
- #21 Apparition
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons. Find yourself smack in the middle of a haunted forest in the dead of night. Talk to spirits through your Spirit Board. Capture evidence of the paranormal, but beware, fiercely aggressive demons are on the hunt.
Why similar: Horror 23.6%, Demons 20.6%, Dark 14.9%, Mystery 12.5%, First-Person 9%
- #22 MADiSON
82% matchVery Positive87% of 3,363 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 16.4%, Stealth 9.6%, Demons 8.1%
- #23 Absinth
84% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: Soulven Games
Windows
A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Horror 30.3%, Action-Adventure 18.4%, Action 4.4%, Adventure 4.2%
- #24 ROUTINE
79% matchVery Positive92% of 7,662 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Stealth 23%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Dark 17.5%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #25 Familiar Stranger
81% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Duanyang WangPub: Horror engine games
Windows
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.2%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 18.1%, Realistic 16.4%, Action 5.6%
- #26 Pneumata
79% matchMixed50% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Deadbolt InteractivePub: Perp Games
Windows
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
Why similar: FPS 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Stealth 14.2%, Horror 12.9%, Demons 9.5%
- #27 Kohate
80% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
Why similar: Stealth 29.7%, Horror 16.7%, Dark 14.2%, Realistic 8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #28 Among Ashes
77% matchVery Positive95% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Cliff Games
Windows
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, FPS 15.7%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 14.6%, Realistic 9.6%
- #29 Uventa
81% matchMixed52% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: BlackRat
Windows
The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.
Why similar: Stealth 26%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Dark 16.4%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9.4%
- #30 Necrophosis
75% matchVery Positive90% of 842 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Demons 10.4%
- #31 Stay Still 2
78% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Why similar: FPS 17.9%, Stealth 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #32 Project Liminal 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: FPS 16.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.2%, Realistic 9.1%
- #33 Forest Horror
77% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
You have to explore the mysterious forest and complete many tasks to get out of there alive.
Why similar: Dark 30.1%, Stealth 26.8%, Realistic 18.6%, First-Person 8%, Action 7.2%
- #34 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,466 reviews2025
Dev: DMNT Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Stealth 23.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #35 SKYHILL: Black Mist
78% matchMixed46% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Mandragora
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.
Why similar: Dark 21.2%, Horror 19.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Action 7.9%
- #36 Gloomwood
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,226 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Stealth 34.9%, FPS 19.7%, Dark 12.1%, Shooter 10.5%, First-Person 8.8%
- #37 The Backrooms
76% matchMixed62% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: Ionized Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.
Why similar: Dark 17.6%, Realistic 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 12.4%
- #38 Ad Infinitum
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,582 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Horror 21.2%, Dark 18.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Action 6.8%
- #39 Synthesis of Corruption
72% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: FPS 24%, Horror 21.4%, 1990's 16.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Shooter 10.8%
- #40 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
75% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Dark 15.8%, FPS 14.8%, Horror 14.5%, Mystery 9.8%
- #41 S.O.V: Passenger 23
72% matchVery Positive81% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: IGNUS NEX ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 19.2%, FPS 18.8%, Mystery 12.6%, First-Person 7.5%
- #42 Abtos Covert
73% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Iphigames
Windows
You are in a remote military outpost at Mount Abtos and you're tasked to guard it. The only things visible from there are an old shrine and the forest. Many are afraid of this infamous outpost because of the local folklore stories. Actually, too many stories... Will you be safe, all alone?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.2%, Horror 24.1%, Realistic 16.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Action 6.9%
- #43 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
71% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: Stealth 14.4%, Demons 12.9%, Dark 12.3%, 1990's 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #44 AMOK
76% matchMixed43% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
Why similar: FPS 18%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.5%, Shooter 13.4%
- #45 Unspoken
69% matchVery Positive88% of 822 reviews2024
Dev: Weeping studioPub: Weeping Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You find yourself in the center of inexplicable nightmare. Make your way through the horror, come face to face with terrible events. Immerse yourself in the dark mystery of the events in which you found yourself an unwitting participant.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.1%, Dark 13.7%, Shooter 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #46 UFOPHILIA
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
UFOPHILIA is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore areas marked by alien phenomena. Use specialized equipment to detect, identify, and photograph aliens—but do so at your own risk... They are watching you too.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 18.4%, Dark 13.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.7%
- #47 SCP: Retrieval
69% matchMixed61% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Arcsteel Games
Windows
SCP: Retrieval is an indie multiplayer action horror game set in the SCP universe. You will play as a Mobile Task Force unit sent to retrieve dangerous anomalous creatures after a massive series of major breaches.
Why similar: Stealth 24.7%, FPS 18.1%, Shooter 12.3%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 8.7%
- #48 Creepy Shift: House For Sale
66% matchVery Positive93% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Horror 22.6%, Realistic 14.5%, Dark 13.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Demons 13%
- #49 Remoteness
70% matchMixed56% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: KR Games
Windows
New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!
Why similar: Stealth 14.8%, FPS 14%, Shooter 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10%, Horror 8.7%
- #50 Nuclear Nightmare
65% matchVery Positive81% of 18,602 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, First-Person 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #51 Incoming Evil
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, FPS 17.4%, Horror 17.1%, Dark 14.9%, First-Person 11.1%
- #52 Plastomorphosis
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 19.1%, 1990's 12.6%, Dark 11.9%, Third Person 7.9%
- #53 Expedition Zero
70% matchMixed62% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Enigmatic MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.
Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Realistic 18%, First-Person 13.8%, Action 9.3%
- #54 The Backrooms Footage
70% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
Windows · Linux
You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 19.6%, Demons 14.9%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 8.5%
- #55 Pyromaniac
65% matchVery Positive87% of 661 reviews2026
Dev: Dominik BraunPub: tayoDEV
Windows
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #56 Horror Story: Hallowseed
69% matchMixed65% of 355 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Demons 16.3%, Horror 15.8%, Dark 13.8%, Realistic 9.2%
- #57 The Other Side
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,271 reviews2025
Dev: Vectora Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.
Why similar: FPS 14.5%, Demons 12.9%, Dark 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 11.2%
- #58 Backrooms: Found Footage
65% matchVery Positive82% of 354 reviews2024
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Horror 14.1%, Realistic 13.3%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, 1990's 10.7%
- #59 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
67% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
Why similar: Stealth 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, FPS 11.6%, Horror 10.8%, Demons 9.6%