- #1 Amnesia: The Bunker
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,778 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 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Survival 13.1%, First-Person 10.1%
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 Visage
96% matchVery Positive84% of 10,723 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 27.6%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Dark 10.1%, 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 MADiSON
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,329 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: Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, 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.
- #4 The Beast Inside
95% matchVery Positive83% of 12,010 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 24.3%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Gore 9.4%, First-Person 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.
- #5 Martha Is Dead
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 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%, Horror 17.5%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 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.
- #6 SOMA
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 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 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building an oppressive atmosphere and exploring complex psychological themes through a narrative-driven experience.
- #7 In Sound Mind
92% matchVery Positive95% of 6,771 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 25.5%, Horror 25.2%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
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 Infliction
93% matchVery Positive81% of 950 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 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: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Gore 18.7%, Horror 18.3%, Dark 9.3%, Violent 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on domestic trauma and haunting, providing a similar sense of dread.
- #9 SILENT HILL 2
91% matchVery Positive95% of 61,098 reviews2024
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 26.6 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 26.9%, Survival Horror 25%, Horror 18.8%, 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 Layers of Fear
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,635 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 21.5%, Horror 18.6%, Dark 12.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The game features surreal, shifting environments that perfectly reflect the protagonist's deteriorating mental state.
- #11 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
90% matchVery Positive95% of 35,384 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 27%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, 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 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
89% 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: World War I 35.1% ★, Survival Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It directly utilizes the WWI trench setting to create a terrifying and claustrophobic survival experience.
- #13 Lost in Vivo
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,903 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 17.7%, First-Person 8.7%, 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 Scorn
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,489 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 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 21.8%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Dark 10.6%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal horror game that relies on environmental storytelling and grotesque, biomechanical aesthetics.
- #15 Among Ashes
87% matchVery Positive95% of 431 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 16.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 8.3%
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 Cry of Fear
86% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 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 33.8%, Survival Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 6.3%, Survival 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, dark psychological horror game that emphasizes survival and the manifestation of inner demons.
- #17 Those Who Remain
86% matchMixed67% of 844 reviews2020
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 13.5%, Survival 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on moral choices and atmospheric exploration in a dark, shifting world.
- #18 The Evil Within
85% matchVery Positive85% of 32,856 reviews2014
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 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 20.5%, Gore 16.1%, 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 Observer: System Redux
84% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 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 35.5%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, First-Person 21.8%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric psychological investigation game that delves into the minds of others within a dark, dystopian setting.
- #20 The Dark Occult
84% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: RYM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 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 26.8%, Gore 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Violent 10.9%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person horror game that features intense chase sequences and a focus on psychological tension.
- #21 Call of Cthulhu®
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,561 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 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: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological investigation and the fragility of sanity, mirroring the mental toll found in Ad Infinitum.
- #22 Don't Be Afraid
82% matchVery Positive83% of 962 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 13.4%, Horror 12.8%, 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.
- #23 HELLSEED: All Chapters
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 285 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 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Gore 10.3%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines psychological horror with puzzle-solving and stealth, requiring players to navigate a haunted environment carefully.
- #24 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
82% matchMixed59% of 176 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 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 21.5%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a strong focus on exploration and uncovering dark, narrative-driven secrets.
- #25 Rise of Insanity
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 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 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Dark 10.5%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game centered on mental health and surreal environments that mirror the protagonist's condition.
- #26 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,923 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 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 24.2%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Survival Horror 12.2%, 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.
- #27 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,397 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 36% ★, Survival Horror 13.3%, Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark 6.7%
- #28 Saint of Chains
77% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 10.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #29 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 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Gore 9.6%, Violent 8.5%
- #30 Inner Chains
79% matchMixed48% of 600 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 24%, Dark 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 12%
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.
- #31 Under: Depths of Fear
78% matchMixed68% of 301 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 24.1% ★, Survival Horror 10.9%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, First-Person 6.7%
- #32 Doorways: Prelude
79% matchMixed62% of 636 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 25.6%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Dark 8%, First-Person 7.5%, Gore 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person psychological horror game that focuses on exploration, puzzles, and a disturbing, surreal atmosphere.
- #33 Neverending Nightmares
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,996 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 26.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Gore 19%, Atmospheric 8%, Survival Horror 5.5%
- #34 Jawbreaker
75% 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 13.3%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 8.8%
- #35 Don't Be Afraid 2
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 257 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 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Gore 13%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 10%
- #36 SANRI
76% matchMixed58% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.2%, Gore 9.1%
- #37 Ad Infernum
73% 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 17.5%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 12.9%, Survival 9.2%
- #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 13.3%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 11.7%, Survival 10.1%
- #39 Circus of Pain
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 72 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 23.4%, Horror 19.3%, Gore 17.9%, Dark 15.8%, Violent 7.4%
- #40 Penumbra Overture
74% matchVery Positive91% of 4,100 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 26.5%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 7.9%
- #41 Mists of Aiden
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 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 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Gore 10.7%, Violent 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #42 The Scarlet Harvest
72% matchVery Positive82% of 76 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%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.7%
- #43 Dark Atlas: Infernum
71% matchVery Positive86% of 74 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: Horror 21.8%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Dark 14.6%, First-Person 13.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #44 God's Basement
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,316 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 16.7%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 12.8%, Gore 10.8%, First-Person 8.7%
- #45 HORROR TALES: The Wine
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 477 reviews2021
Dev: Carlos Coronado
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 12.5%, Gore 10.6%, Dark 10.2%
- #46 Moons of Madness
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,907 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Survival 11.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #47 Pyromaniac
67% matchVery Positive90% of 361 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 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 8.8%, Gore 8.5%
- #48 The Shore
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,967 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 27.5%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, First-Person 15%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Exploration 7.2%
- #49 Apartament 1406: Horror
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 715 reviews2023
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 14.3%, Dark 12.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #50 Palmyra Orphanage
69% matchVery Positive89% of 706 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 9.8%
- #51 A.I.L.A
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,262 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.2%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #52 Mirror Forge
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 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%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Horror 16.3%, Survival 13.5%, Dark 13%
- #53 Echoes of Dread
68% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 16.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.8%, Survival 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%
- #54 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 460 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.6%, Gore 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Survival 9.4%
- #55 Leenie Boog
69% matchVery Positive81% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: Alexander BazhenovPub: AB Developer
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 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 19.2%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Survival 11.7%, Dark 9.9%
- #56 Unspoken
67% matchVery Positive88% of 814 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 22.4%, Horror 21.9%, Dark 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #57 Forest Asylum 2
66% 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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 9.8%, Gore 9.2%
- #58 Pneumata
68% matchMixed51% of 97 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 23.5%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 17.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #59 Lamentum
66% matchVery Positive88% of 819 reviews2021
Dev: Obscure TalesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Gore 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Dark 10.4%
- #60 Necrophosis
63% matchVery Positive91% of 791 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 27.6%, Horror 22.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 7.6%