- #1 Beneath
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23%, Old School 12.9%, 1990's 12.4%, FPS 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.5%
- #2 DUSK
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22%, FPS 18%, Old School 14%, Retro 11.9%, 1990's 11.4%
- #3 ZERO PROTOCOL
96% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, FPS 15.2%, Old School 14.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Stylized 9%
- #4 The Shore
95% 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: Lovecraftian 50.6%, FPS 19.4%, Horror 15.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #5 Sonar Shock
94% matchVery Positive81% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Raphael Bossniak
Windows · Linux
Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, FPS 20.3%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #6 Killing Time: Resurrected
94% matchVery Positive93% of 328 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.
Why similar: Retro 23.4%, FPS 21.1%, Horror 13.9%, 1990's 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #7 Connection: The Nightmare Within
93% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Level
Windows
Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.
Why similar: Mystery 18.3%, Horror 17%, Thriller 15.2%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Dark 13.2%
- #8 Forgive Me Father
92% matchVery Positive84% of 5,585 reviews2022
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.1%, FPS 21.1%, Retro 9.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Stylized 6.5%
- #9 Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
91% matchMixed67% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
A short, free, horror adventure game set in our days, inspired by Lovecraft novel: The Colour Out of Space.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32%, FPS 23.1%, Horror 16.6%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #10 Dead Beacon
91% matchVery Positive88% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: SelianiDEV
Windows
Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by late 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island.
Why similar: 1990's 22.3%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Old School 12%, Shooter 11.3%
- #11 Mother Hub
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: FPS 35.7%, Horror 26.4%, Shooter 18.7%, 3D 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #12 S.O.V: Passenger 23
89% matchVery Positive81% of 84 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: FPS 17.7%, Horror 16%, Retro 14.9%, Mystery 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #13 Affliction
89% matchMixed51% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Affliction is a survival horror shooter designed to engage players with a thrilling storyline, surreal environments, merciless foes, a chilling atmosphere, and an unforgettable gameplay experience. Players must explore, scavenge, and fight in order to survive and live to tell the tale.
Why similar: FPS 31.8%, Horror 19%, Shooter 17.9%, Stylized 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #14 Aphotic Descent
88% matchMixed64% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 16.1%, Retro 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Thriller 10.8%
- #15 Shrine II
86% matchVery Positive92% of 858 reviews2020
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...
Why similar: FPS 34.6%, Shooter 17.3%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Retro 13.4%, Action 5.8%
- #16 Paradox Vector
87% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Explore impossible mazes while battling the Ancient Ones and their bio-mechanical servitors in this retro first-person, Lovecraft inspired shooter. Paradox Vector's graphics are inspired by the old-school vector graphics games of the early 1980's.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, FPS 15.8%, Retro 11.3%, Old School 10.4%, Shooter 8.9%
- #17 The Tower on the Borderland
86% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: DascuMaru
Windows
A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland. Explore, survive and escape from a mysterious tower, inhabited by ghouls and monsters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Old School 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Dystopian 9.7%, Horror 7.4%
- #18 Restless Grounds
85% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: Zirael
Windows
Forgotten Polish town, Incident at a soviet military base and hellish monsters... This is a horror investigation story... Will you stop the relentless fight, or give into it?
Why similar: FPS 19.5%, Old School 16.4%, Horror 13.9%, Retro 12.2%, Shooter 10.2%
- #19 The Roach Hotel
84% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: 1990's 15.6%, Old School 15%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 13.3%, Retro 11.6%
- #20 Echoes of the Living
84% matchVery Positive84% of 841 reviews2025
Dev: MoonGlint Studio
Windows
Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.6%, 1990's 18.9%, Dark 17.2%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 12.3%
- #21 Midnight Shift
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Shatter Glass games
Windows
A 90's horror inspired first-person game about working the midnight shift at a gas station.
Why similar: FPS 19.2%, 1990's 13.3%, Old School 12.9%, Horror 11.6%, Shooter 10.6%
- #22 Apocalyptic Vibes
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: Amanito Computing
Windows · Linux
A vintage immersive first-person shooter on GZDoom. With an atmosphere of a cold and melancholic postapocalypse, elements of dieselpunk, mix of a retro-style and realism and romantic shoegaze as a soundtrack.
Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Shooter 17.7%, Retro 16.6%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Exploration 10.5%
- #23 ADACA
81% matchVery Positive92% of 873 reviews2022
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A Sci-fi FPS set on the mysterious planet ADACA. - Use your GRAVITY-MANIPULATING arm to HURL objects at your foes or even RIP weapons directly from their hands! - EXPLORE and manipulate the environment in this EERIE and HOSTILE world!
Why similar: Dystopian 20.5%, Old School 16.6%, FPS 16.4%, Horror 9.8%, Retro 9.1%
- #24 Shadows Peak
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 341 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Mystery 15.9%, FPS 15.7%, Horror 13.8%, Shooter 8.7%
- #25 Narrow Woods Hotel
80% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Freeze Games
Windows
A retro point-and-click horror adventure game that tests the boundries of the genre! In this "found-footage" horror game you have to navigate the rooms and hallways of the mysterious Narrow Woods Hotel. Collect keys and items and use them to find your way out.
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Retro 13.1%, Dark 12.2%, Survival Horror 10.2%
- #26 Project Hailstorm
78% matchVery Positive84% of 670 reviews2025
Dev: Imbrium
Windows
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Horror 19.5%, Mystery 17.3%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #27 Abyss of Neptune
81% matchMixed69% of 221 reviews2021
Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
Windows
Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.1%, FPS 26.6%, Horror 26%, 3D 6.4%, Action 4.4%
- #28 Post Trauma
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: RED SOUL GAMESPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Puzzle Horror game inspired by PS2 era classics. Navigate environments, tackle threats, and meet other lost characters in the depths of the Gloom.
Why similar: Old School 28.9%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Thriller 18.5%, Horror 18.2%, Exploration 9.5%
- #29 Scauage
77% matchVery Positive92% of 788 reviews2024
Dev: KREIDPIX
Windows
Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23%, Investigation 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #30 Monument
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 900 reviews2015
Dev: Andrei Ivashentsev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay action. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Horror. Fun. Each level is unique and not similar to the previous. You need to survive in this dangerous world and become the best evil shooter.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, FPS 15.4%, Old School 12.5%, 1990's 11.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #31 Flesh Made Fear
74% matchVery Positive95% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
Why similar: 1990's 16.7%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Old School 13.6%, Horror 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #32 NEDRA
76% matchMixed68% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
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: Lovecraftian 30.5%, FPS 15.7%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 9.5%
- #33 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
73% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Schroder
Windows
Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.
Why similar: FPS 20.1%, Dystopian 18.1%, Horror 14.9%, 1990's 14.2%, Shooter 11.9%
- #34 Albert Innovation
75% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Delirium Den
Windows
Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.
Why similar: Dark 20.1%, Mystery 18.4%, FPS 15.2%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 12%
- #35 The Shore VR
77% matchMostly Negative38% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Ares Dragonis
Windows
The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.5%, FPS 15%, Investigation 12.1%, Horror 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%
- #36 DREADTOME
72% matchVery Positive94% of 279 reviews2025
Dev: Tinfoil RatsPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Enter a corrupt and hostile library with the task of extracting forbidden knowledge from its tomes. Triumph over the entities that linger within, in this short Action-Adventure FPS made by a team of third-year university students.
Why similar: FPS 27.9%, Dystopian 23.3%, Horror 17.7%, Shooter 12.1%, Exploration 9.4%
- #37 HYPERVIOLENT
73% matchMixed61% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: nfoPRINCEPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An ancient evil has awoken in the depths of a remote mining asteroid, stirred from its slumber by man's lust for power. Unaware, you answer a distress call and become stranded, surrounded by monstrous foes. Unravel the mystery of this madness and stop its spread in this horror retro shooter!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.1%, FPS 13.7%, Dark 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Horror 8.9%
- #38 Coffin Mall
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
An atmospheric retro survival horror game. Your first night on the job as a mall cop gets rudely interrupted, and you must survive somehow.
Why similar: 1990's 17.9%, Old School 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Horror 13.2%, Retro 12.7%
- #39 Into The Gloom
76% matchVery Positive82% of 289 reviews2015
Dev: earrgamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.
Why similar: FPS 18.4%, Horror 17.2%, Thriller 15%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Drama 13.9%
- #40 Fortuito: Lost History
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 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 23.7%, 1990's 21.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Dark 12.7%, Retro 11.1%
- #41 Project Liminal 2
70% matchVery Positive96% of 56 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 22.5%, Shooter 15.7%, Dark 10.2%, Drama 9.7%, Stylized 9.5%
- #42 Weeping Falls Massacre
72% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Tainted Pact
Windows
80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.
Why similar: FPS 22.2%, 1990's 19.2%, Horror 11.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #43 Dread X Collection 2
71% matchVery Positive94% of 674 reviews2020
Dev: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.5%, 1990's 13%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Horror 10.8%, Thriller 9.8%
- #44 Darkenstein 3D
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,310 reviews2025
Dev: RowyePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.
Why similar: FPS 51.8%, Shooter 23.5%, Retro 16.8%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 2.1%
- #45 Uh Oh!
69% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Wumbo Workshop LLC
Windows · Mac
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Horror 22.6%, Dark 20.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Thriller 10.6%
- #46 Project Silverfish
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 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 20.3%, Dark 14.9%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 12.4%, Shooter 10.6%
- #47 Chronicle of Innsmouth
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 93.9%, Adventure 6.1%
- #48 SCP: Daybreak
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 377 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: FPS 26%, 1990's 23.1%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #49 Bleak Haven
70% matchMixed43% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Hitori De Productions
Windows
Bleak Haven is a cinematic survival horror where faith is twisted, every shot matters, and survival hangs on what you can build. Explore haunted ruins, abandoned villages, and face a cult preparing the world for a god no one should ever witness.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Thriller 15.1%, Horror 15.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Dark 11.6%
- #50 Deathbloom: Chapter 1
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: Vincent Lade
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by classic survival horror. Bachman Manor sprawls into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of its dark history and occupants.
Why similar: FPS 22.6%, Horror 19.4%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Dark 13.3%, Shooter 9.7%
- #51 Plastomorphosis
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 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: Old School 17.2%, 1990's 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Retro 10.4%
- #52 The Last DeadEnd
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: AzDimension
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The Last DeadEnd is a game with elements of an adventure, shooter and horror. There is a mysterious atmosphere of a real old city, where the protagonist seeks answers to his questions and fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: FPS 43.8%, Horror 30%, Exploration 12.3%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 4.3%
- #53 Schizo Dark
66% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Shooter 21.3%, Old School 16.4%, Investigation 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #54 Shrine
67% matchVery Positive92% of 932 reviews2020
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Shrine is a retro FPS game about a skinless dude killing eldritch monstrosities with his nightmarish arsenal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, FPS 27.8%, Retro 17.8%, Horror 13.3%, Action 4.6%
- #55 ROUTINE
62% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Dark 22%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 15%, Thriller 14.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%
- #56 Days Without Incident
63% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2025
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 26.1%, Mystery 20.7%, Dark 14.7%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Exploration 9.1%
- #57 Underwater
69% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforgames
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Mystery 15.2%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #58 Silence In The Cabin
69% matchMostly Negative31% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: RedRockGameStudios
Windows
"Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, FPS 18.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Dark 11.7%
- #59 Limitless Hunger
68% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Void Ink
Windows
Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.
Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Shooter 14.4%, Old School 13.3%, Horror 12.1%, Dark 11%