Games Like Aftershock

One night, young Lily wakes from a nightmare — unaware that her real nightmares are only just beginning. Uncover the secrets hidden behind closed eyes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Hidden Object 12%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.4%

The roads are comfortably quiet at night. The only sound to keep you company is the medical equipment rattling behind you. You turn on the radio, but instead of music you hear a growl behind you. A strange being has appeared in the back, eyes pleading for help. It reminds you of someone.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 12.6%, Surreal 10.7%, Stylized 10.5%, Simulation 10.4%

Pharmacy 24 is a horror simulator game where you take on the role of a pharmacist, serving customers and taking care of the Pharmacy... Who knows, maybe one day it will accept you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Witness a little girl’s distorted memories of the past and her fantasies of a future that never happened. All she wants is a family… this time, of her own choice.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Thriller 18.8%, Horror 16.1%, Surreal 15.2%, Atmospheric 9%

Enter the depths of a silent facility as a D-Class subject. Test the limits of SCP-294, a machine that can produce any liquid imaginable. But remember: in this low-poly PS1-style nightmare, every cup has a price. A short, narrative-driven psychological horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Horror 12.3%, Retro 11.9%, Thriller 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Play as a student who is alone outside. He is constantly under academic and social pressure. As anxiety and loneliness accumulated, he began to notice something unusual. In this inescapable fear, he must find the answer... or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, RPG 15.8%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 8.5%

An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Surreal 18.4%, Story Rich 11%, RPG 10.3%, Hidden Object 9.3%

This is a horror where you play as a miner experiencing a midlife crisis. The final shift before a long-awaited promotion goes wrong: reality begins to warp, turning a workday into a nightmare. Will he be able to escape the depths of his own mind?

Why similar: Quick-Time Events 17% ★, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Surreal 9.6%, Horror 9.1%

Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Thriller 9.9%, Life Sim 9%

Your parents are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. Alone at home, you decide to test the legend of Beatriz, a spirit that haunts those who summon her in front of the bathroom mirror. What seemed like just a joke soon turns into a terrifying nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 16.6%, Hidden Object 14.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Story Rich 7.5%

A quiet apartment. A friendly neighbour. A normal life. You've been in this apartment for a while now. You know the layout. The sounds. The routine. So do we. A psychological horror about control.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Life Sim 14.9%, Surreal 11%, Horror 10.2%, Thriller 9.7%

After a tragic event, moving to a new city leads you to work in a dark warehouse. Unravel the mysteries surrounding the protagonist's past and survive through 5 shifts, avoiding ruthless enemies, where a convoluted story unfolds in the style of retro-stylized graphics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Thriller 11.7%, Horror 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Surreal 9.2%

The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 22.2%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Retro 11.6%

The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 11%, Retro 9.7%, Surreal 9.6%, Story Rich 9.3%

You are trapped in a memory of your past. Observe your surrounding carefully to end your nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Hidden Object 16.9%, Surreal 15.2%, Horror 11%, Retro 10%

A first-person psychological horror where you must identify anomalies, choose the correct elevator to progress, and escape an endless loop in a hospital corridor while avoiding deadly entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.6%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 8%

You wake up to find yourself on a radio tower 600 meters above the ground. With only 10 minutes to spare, escape the tower!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Hidden Object 17.4%, Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Story Rich 7.5%

Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Surreal 17%, Horror 12.4%, Retro 10.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

Explore a mysterious place and an atmospheric world filled with horrifying and unusual environments in this first-person psychological horror game. Find hidden objects, solve puzzles, hide from darkness, and enjoy a unique experience in the horror genre.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.9%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 10.1%, Surreal 9%

Owl Lights is a first-person psychological horror game. You play as 16 year old Paul, who lives in a small town. Your parents are away, leaving you to spend the night alone or so you think. There is something in the wind that night, something unpleasantly quiet.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 16.7%, Surreal 16.4%, Thriller 11.5%, First-Person 9.8%

A culturally inspired horror game where you play as a janitor cleaning an eerie theater, day by day. Strange things begin to unfold—and your subtle actions shape how the story ends. Cleaning has never been this terrifying.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.6%, Thriller 21.5%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Horror 16.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Surreal 11.5%, Thriller 11%, Horror 10.4%, Retro 9.7%

Hide and Sink is a VHS horror game that tells a story about a group of elementary kids whose after-school hide-and-seek becomes uncanny terror.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Horror 20%, Retro 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

Navigate an underground warehouse, approve special items, and eliminate anomalies over a tense 7-day contract or face termination.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.9%, Surreal 11.1%, Horror 10.1%, Stylized 9.9%, Quick-Time Events 8.7% ★

Psychological horror game without any jumpscares. Take care of Samuel, the neighbour’s kid, in this realistic singleplayer walking simulator and uncover family secrets.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Thriller 17.3%, Horror 12.7%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Story Rich 8.8%

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Horror 13.3%, Retro 10.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, Surreal 8.9%

In Tape Over: Night Shift, you play as a clerk working alone in a convenience store at midnight. With a VHS-inspired visual style and an increasingly unsettling atmosphere, survive as your nightly tasks spiral into unspeakable horrors.

Why similar: Life Sim 21.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 7.4%

Your Love Ai is a game where you develop a relationship with an android robot named Ai, and your dialogue choices influence the ending. Will you be able to touch Ai's heart?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Thriller 12.2%, Life Sim 9.8%, RPG 8.6%, Horror 8.2%

Rococo, who was rejected for confessing in reality, discovered a game where she could kill people at will. After setting her favorite boy as a game character, she fell into endless demands and venting.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Thriller 18.3%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 9%

Are you ready to witness the adventure of the Exorcist, a master of magic and exorcism, and exorcise the most powerful dark being, the crow demon?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 16%, Thriller 14.3%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Surreal 11.4%, Horror 10%

Unsettled: NIGHT SHIFT is a horror game about the terrors of daily life experienced by someone who has moved to a new city to live alone.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 19.5%, Thriller 10.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Simulation 10%

The Exit of Nightmare is a psychological horror game with collection and puzzle elements. You're trapped in nightmare world and your goal is to find your way back to reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Surreal 17.9%, RPG 13.8%, Horror 12%, Hidden Object 10.3%

You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, RPG 16.5%, Horror 15.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%

You find yourself in the endless, looping corridors of a mysterious, liminal hotel. Spot anomalies to climb floors and reach your room... or be trapped forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Psychological horror in first person. What kind of person are you and can you claw your way to another life if reality can change? Explore the home, memorize shifting details, survive other realities, and decide how many times you can pull the trigger for a shot at happiness.

Why similar: Hidden Object 20.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Thriller 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Stylized 8.1%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Surreal 12.4%, Thriller 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 9.3%

A horror almanac that tells the story of events in the city of Intown, built around a science station. The town is caught up by nightmares that in the future will affect the lives of every resident, follow how the impact of the nightmares on Intown will change over time.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 12.6%, Retro 11.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Stylized 8.8%

A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Thriller 20.1%, Horror 19.1%, Retro 13%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

Peril in the Pines is a short & simple first-person horror game where the player is trapped on an island with strange creatures. The player must collect the resources to fix their boat before being caught and getting trapped forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Thriller 24%, Horror 20.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, First-Person 7.4%

A pixel game that contains some puzzles. It tells a story about five strangers who were trapped on a mysterious train.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Thriller 16.8%, Horror 13.2%, RPG 11.6%, Surreal 10.5%

Haunted by loss and guilt, Arya is lost between reality and delusion as he tries to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Valeria, the daughter of his late friend that worked at his shop

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Horror 17.2%, Thriller 15.2%, Retro 13.5%, First-Person 10.9%

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.4%, Horror 11.4%, Surreal 10.9%, Thriller 10.2%, Retro 10.1%

Nothing good gets printed at 3 AM. Work the graveyard shift at a rundown copy shop. Smile at the strangers. Copy their files. But when the machine whirs, look deeper. There's a reason they came in the dark. Find out what they're hiding, before they realize you know too much

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Horror 18%, Thriller 17.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Story Rich 7.5%

Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.4%, Thriller 14.6%, Life Sim 11.9%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 10.1%

Manage a charming bakery and bond with quirky neighbors by day in this unique social simulation. But as night falls, the cozy atmosphere shifts into a chilling survival horror experience. Explore a mysterious island, solve puzzles, and find your way out before the sun rises.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Life Sim 16.6%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Retro 10.5%

Light caresses every corner of the home, and the clock marks the first heartbeats of the morning. It’s just another typical day in the wonderful life of the Evans family… right?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.5%, Thriller 16.3%, Horror 13%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%

First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Thriller 13.6%, Surreal 13.5%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Thriller 15.7%, Horror 13.4%, Retro 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

A psychological horror game about working overnight shifts alone in a grocery store. Stock shelves. Clean. Do your job. But you soon realize something sinister is watching. Survive seven shifts to discover why you were really hired and face a choice that will seal your fate.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 11.6%

A first-person psychological horror game about observing strange anomalies, surviving disturbing entities, and trying to make it to work on time. Sometimes the house is completely normal... sometimes it is not.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Quick-Time Events 18.4% ★, Hidden Object 15.2%, Horror 11%, Surreal 10.2%

『OKAZU～Counting Fish Chill Game～』 is a simple adventure game with easy controls that even those unfamiliar with games can play with confidence. Players are tasked with only three things: First, touch key items. Second, count the fish. Third, escape alive from the imprisoned world.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.4%, Hidden Object 20.7%, Horror 18.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 6.5%

Pizza Portale!! is a first person horror game where you work as a portal delivery guy, delivering pizzas through portals. Your job is to keep delivering freshly baked pizzas via portals to destinations all across the country.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 15.6%, Retro 12.6%, Hidden Object 10.9%, First-Person 9%

You wake up in a place that feels strangely familiar. Something isn’t right. The experiment has begun. And it is watching you. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth behind a repeating reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 16.4%, Thriller 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Story Rich 11.5%

Henry is an elderly man with regrets. Over the course of his life, he has killed three times. He is about to kill again. Survive a home invasion as you recount his life through a series of dreamy vignettes featuring a thief, a friend, a lover, and mysterious bartender.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Surreal 15.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Retro 10.9%, Story Rich 10.1%

A first-person psychological horror where your own mind is the enemy. Face intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, and distorted realities and fight to keep your sanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.7%, Quick-Time Events 23.2% ★, Horror 18%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, First-Person 9.9%

You, a lowly janitor, have been forced to go into the sewers to remove blockages that will cause a flood. But the inhabitants of this dark, slimy, stinking, writhing underworld do not like to be disturbed and will not let you leave alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Retro 15.6%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Surreal 8.1%

Nightbell is a first-person Christmas Eve horror told through the eyes of a boy who stayed home with his mother. After a bedtime story about a witch with a bell, he wakes up to that same familiar chime, discovers his mother is missing, and comes face to face with a creature eerily similar to her.

Why similar: Hidden Object 24.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Simulation 9.8%

A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a social worker who obeys a wall socket. Follow its instructions, explore the city’s last inhabited apartment building, and pry secrets from its residents. All to fulfill the terms of the contract.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Surreal 10.4%, Thriller 10.3%, Gore 9.5%

In a fractured world where virtual drugs are used to escape reality, you’ve found the best. Or the worst. Hard to say. But your choices will have very real consequences.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 11.7%, Surreal 11.4%, Retro 11.2%, Thriller 10.7%

Light all eight candles. Ignite the candles hidden in a haunted midnight maze and escape the sealed space.

Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Hidden Object 17.9%, Horror 15.8%, Simulation 8.2%