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Games Like Ad Infinitum

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, First-Person.

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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?

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 1,409 reviews
Released: 2023-09-14
Developer: Hekate
Publisher: Nacon
Genres: Action, Adventure
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 83%

Overview

Ad Infinitum masterfully blends the visceral trauma of World War we with surreal, psychological nightmare sequences. These recommendations focus on games that prioritize atmospheric tension, historical or domestic trauma, and stealth-oriented survival mechanics to capture that same sense of psychological vulnerability.

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    97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,497 reviews2023
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.3%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Survival 13.1%, First-Person 10%

    Why You'll Like It: It shares the intense WWI trench setting and focuses on stealth, resource management, and survival against an unrelenting threat.

  2. #2 Visage
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
    Dev: SadSquare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Dark 10%, First-Person 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply unsettling psychological horror experience that relies on environmental storytelling and house-based exploration.

  3. #3 The Beast Inside
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
    Dev: Illusion Ray
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Gore 9.6%, Survival 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines a historical setting with psychological horror, featuring a dual-narrative structure that mirrors the protagonist's descent into madness.

  4. #4 MADiSON
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 3,277 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 16.3%, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 14%, Dark 10%, Survival 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric psychological horror game that utilizes complex puzzle-solving and intense, reality-bending sequences.

  5. #5 SOMA
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 13.4%, Gore 13.1%, Dark 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building an oppressive atmosphere and exploring complex psychological themes through a narrative-driven experience.

  6. #6 Martha Is Dead
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,639 reviews2022
    Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, War 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Set in historical Italy, it explores deep psychological trauma and dark, surreal imagery similar to the themes in Ad Infinitum.

  7. #7 In Sound Mind
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,654 reviews2021
    Dev: We Create StuffPub: Maximum Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, Horror 24.9%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It uses creative level design to explore the protagonist's psyche, blending psychological horror with puzzle-solving and action.

  8. #8 Infliction
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
    Dev: Caustic Reality
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

    Why similar: Gore 19.1%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 9.2%, Violent 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on domestic trauma and haunting, providing a similar sense of dread.

  9. #9 SILENT HILL 2
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 58,918 reviews2024
    Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
    Windows
    Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Horror 18.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Story Rich 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive psychological horror experience that masterfully weaves personal trauma into surreal, nightmare-like worlds.

  10. #10 Layers of Fear
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,582 reviews2023
    Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: The game features surreal, shifting environments that perfectly reflect the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.

  11. #11 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,239 reviews2010
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Gore 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, First-Person 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: The foundational stealth-horror experience that emphasizes vulnerability and the psychological impact of being hunted.

  12. #12 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
    89% matchMixed69% of 144 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: World War I 34%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 9.5%, Dark 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It directly utilizes the WWI trench setting to create a terrifying and claustrophobic survival experience.

  13. #13 Lost in Vivo
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,869 reviews2018
    Dev: KIRA
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 17.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a claustrophobic and surreal psychological horror experience that feels both raw and deeply unsettling.

  14. #14 Scorn
    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 17,806 reviews2022
    Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

    Why similar: Gore 21.9%, Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Dark 10.4%, First-Person 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and grotesque, biomechanical aesthetics.

  15. #15 Among Ashes
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 410 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: Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 10.6%, First-Person 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative psychological horror experience that plays with the boundaries between the game and the player's reality.

  16. #16 Those Who Remain
    88% matchMixed67% of 835 reviews2020
    Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, First-Person 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on moral choices and atmospheric exploration in a dark, shifting world.

  17. #17 Cry of Fear
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
    Dev: Team Psykskallar
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

    Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, First-Person 6.2%, Survival 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A gritty, dark psychological horror game that emphasizes survival and the manifestation of inner demons.

  18. #18 The Evil Within
    85% matchVery Positive85% of 32,478 reviews2014
    Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Horror 20.1%, Gore 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It features surreal nightmare worlds and intense survival-horror mechanics that challenge the player's perception of reality.

  19. #19 Observer: System Redux
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 2,866 reviews2020
    Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

    Why similar: Horror 35%, Psychological Horror 31.8%, First-Person 21.8%, Story Rich 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological investigation game that delves into the minds of others within a dark, dystopian setting.

  20. #20 The Dark Occult
    84% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
    Dev: RYM GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

    Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Gore 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Violent 10.9%, First-Person 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person horror game that features intense chase sequences and a focus on psychological tension.

  21. #21 Don't Be Afraid
    83% matchVery Positive83% of 944 reviews2020
    Dev: Limo GamesPub: Eneida Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Gore 13.7%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that emphasizes survival and exploration in a dark, narrative-heavy setting.

  22. #22 Call of Cthulhu®
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
    Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 22.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological investigation and the fragility of sanity, mirroring the mental toll found in Ad Infinitum.

  23. #23 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
    82% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2023
    Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Mystery 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a strong focus on exploration and uncovering dark, narrative-driven secrets.

  24. #24 HELLSEED: All Chapters
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 281 reviews2024
    Dev: Profenix Studio SRLS
    Windows

    HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Gore 10.9%, First-Person 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines psychological horror with puzzle-solving and stealth, requiring players to navigate a haunted environment carefully.

  25. #25 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,897 reviews2009
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

    Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 12.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based puzzles and intense psychological tension that rewards careful exploration over combat.

  26. #26 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,285 reviews2024
    Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.

    Why similar: World War I 34.6%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 9.5%, Dark 6.8%

  27. #27 Rise of Insanity
    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,266 reviews2018
    Dev: Red Limb Studio
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

    Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 20%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game centered on mental health and surreal environments that mirror the protagonist's condition.

  28. #28 The Story of Henry Bishop
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2019
    Dev: Blazes Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

    Why similar: Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Gore 9.4%, Violent 8.9%

  29. #29 Inner Chains
    80% matchMixed48% of 596 reviews2017
    Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.

    Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Dark 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric horror game that features surreal world-building and a focus on surviving in a hostile, alien environment.

  30. #30 Under: Depths of Fear
    78% matchMixed68% of 299 reviews2020
    Dev: Globiss InteractivePub: Rogue Games, Inc.
    Windows

    Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.

    Why similar: World War I 23.1%, Survival Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 10%, Horror 10%, First-Person 6.7%

  31. #31 Doorways: Prelude
    79% matchMixed62% of 634 reviews2013
    Dev: Saibot Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

    Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark 8%, Gore 7.5%, First-Person 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration, puzzles, and a disturbing, surreal atmosphere.

  32. #32 Circus of Pain
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: ZV GAMES
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in the terrifying world of Circus of Pain, where you become the main participant in a deadly circus show. Solve dangerous puzzles to survive.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Horror 18.9%, Gore 18.5%, Dark 15.6%, Violent 7.5%

  33. #33 Penumbra Overture
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 4,061 reviews2009
    Dev: Frictional Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 7.9%

  34. #34 Jawbreaker
    76% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Vincent Lade
    Windows

    Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.1%, Gore 13.6%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 8.7%

  35. #35 The Scarlet Harvest
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2025
    Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
    Windows

    A 90’s-inspired slasher survival horror. A Halloween party at a remote farm turns into a nightmare as you explore macabre farms, dark cornfields, and dangerous settings where you'll have to run, fight, and survive.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.2%, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 8.6%

  36. #36 Wounded - The Beginning
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2019
    Dev: Workbench Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Wounded is a first-person survival horror game, bringing you the old-school indie horror vibe through a detailed and eerie environment.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 15.7%, Gore 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Survival 9.7%, Dark 8.6%

  37. #37 Ad Infernum
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 88 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: Survival Horror 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 12.6%, Survival 9.2%

  38. #38 Mortal Decay
    75% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
    Dev: Roger Kaffer
    Windows

    You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 12.5%, Gore 12%, Survival 10.1%

  39. #39 Don't Be Afraid 2
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 249 reviews2024
    Dev: Eneida Games
    Windows

    Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Gore 13.7%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.1%

  40. #40 Dark Atlas: Infernum
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
    Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
    Windows

    If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 21.6%, Dark 14.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Mystery 7.8%

  41. #41 Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 393 reviews2021
    Dev: NC Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 16.3%, Horror 12.9%, Survival 10.4%, First-Person 8%

  42. #42 Pyromaniac
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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: Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 11.2%, Gore 8.4%, Dark 8.3%

  43. #43 Echoes of Dread
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2024
    Dev: Reaper GSPub: Kazakov Studios
    Windows

    Echoes Of Dread is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets hidden within. Prepare for unexpected encounters with terrifying entities.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.6%, Survival 10.8%, First-Person 9.7%

  44. #44 Leenie Boog
    72% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2021
    Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    The war. Light versus darkness. It has been going on for thousands of years. One night, the Thousand-Year War suddenly knocked on your window. You will have to meet an uninvited guest.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Survival 11.8%, Dark 9.8%

  45. #45 A.I.L.A
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,218 reviews2025
    Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 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: Survival Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 19.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%

  46. #46 Moons of Madness
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,891 reviews2019
    Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

    Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Survival 11.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 8.5%

  47. #47 Neverending Nightmares
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
    Dev: Infinitap Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

    Why similar: Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 26.6%, Gore 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Survival Horror 5.8%

  48. #48 Mists of Aiden
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,138 reviews2020
    Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

    Why similar: Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Gore 10.2%, Violent 10%, First-Person 7.5%

  49. #49 The Shore
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,945 reviews2021
    Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.

    Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Exploration 7.5%

  50. #50 Unspoken
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 802 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 22.6%, Horror 21.4%, Dark 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 7.3%

  51. #51 Apartament 1406: Horror
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 698 reviews2023
    Dev: Airem
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14%, Dark 12.3%, First-Person 9.1%

  52. #52 Forest Asylum 2
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
    Dev: Michal Piotrowski
    Windows

    Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 13.6%, Dark 9.7%, Gore 9.4%

  53. #53 Pneumata
    69% matchMixed53% of 85 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: Survival Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%

  54. #54 White Room Protocol
    67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 20%, Dark 14.2%, Gore 11.8%, First-Person 9.6%

  55. #55 Mirror Forge
    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
    Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
    Windows

    Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 16%, Survival 13.6%, Dark 13%

  56. #56 Still Wakes the Deep
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
    Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

    Why similar: Gore 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 9.5%

  57. #57 Chorus of Carcosa
    65% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2025
    Dev: Chameleon 42
    Windows

    Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.7%, Gore 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Horror 12%, Dark 10.9%

  58. #58 Blackout
    70% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2019
    Windows

    You will be lost in the labyrinthine house and chased by the devil in the blacked out house. You will experience tremendous fear, stress and madness playing this game and something invisible makes you get panicked and lost your mind.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 14.3%, Gore 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Survival 9.7%

  59. #59 The Guest
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 201 reviews2023
    Dev: 99 Grados Games
    Windows

    The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Dark 14.3%, First-Person 10.4%

  60. #60 God's Basement
    67% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 15.2%, Dark 12.7%, Gore 11.2%, First-Person 8.6%

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