- #1 ARCHEIO: Night Shift
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IonianCore
Windows
Investigate a cold case by living it. Step into the final delivery of a night-shift rider, experience his report firsthand, then return to your desk and decide: close the case, or leave it open?
Why similar: Thriller 12%, Detective 11.7%, Investigation 11%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #2 Murderous Muses
96% matchMixed69% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.
Why similar: FMV 22.7% ★, Lovecraftian 13.9%, Detective 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
- #3 Family curse
96% matchVery Positive91% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.7% ★, Alternate History 14.3%, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Thriller 12%, Detective 11.1%
- #4 Shadow Mansion 2
95% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
The mansion your grandfather left you is more than an inheritance. When the power comes on, not only the lights awaken, but the darkness buried inside. Shadow Mansion 2 is a first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and stealth.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Thriller 15.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Horror 8.7%
- #5 Soul of Savarog
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Twisted Universe
Windows
Soul of Savarog includes four of Twisted Universe's mobile horror thriller games. All of these plays tell the story of Savarog. Play Savarog, Savarog 2, Rule and Savarog 3 respectively.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Detective 12.4%, Thriller 11%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
- #6 Unhomely
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 8-TrackPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Thriller 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Detective 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #7 Arctic Grave
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palerite
Windows · Linux
Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11.9%, Detective 11.4%, Thriller 8.3%
- #8 Casting Whispers
92% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Alternate History 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Thriller 9%
- #9 VOID PRIEST
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KIB Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Void Priest, bound to an Elder God against your will. Guided only by relics, symbols, and light, solve eldritch mysteries and perform forbidden rituals. Survive long enough to choose whether you stay faithful or betray.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 11.1%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Surreal 9%
- #10 Chernobyl
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Pripyat has been abandoned for decades, but its darkest secrets never left. Walk its silent streets, guided by the uneasy crackle of your Geiger counter. The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to tell what is truly abandoned… and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Investigation 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Detective 10.9%
- #11 Below, Rusted Gods
89% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, Alternate History 15.6%, Thriller 12%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.5%
- #12 FrighTV Presents GHOSTS
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cerulean Games
Windows · Mac
A first-person horror adventure blending real-time gameplay with live-action footage. Manage a cursed broadcast, monitor your ghost-hunting crew, and face the terrifying Long Lady — your choices decide who survives the night.
Why similar: FMV 25.2% ★, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #13 Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
89% matchVery Positive81% of 513 reviews2024
Dev: Misfit VillagePub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.9%, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 12%, Surreal 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #14 Marmorea
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burning Farmhouse Studios
Windows
Venture into the Tuscan village of Pietralba to solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Uncover the dark secrets buried within the marble quarries and your own family's past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #15 Cosmic Fear
86% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.6%, Investigation 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #16 Look At Me
87% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Tiger
Windows
Look At Me is a first-person horror co-op game for up to 4 players, where the goal is to escape a haunted house by solving mysteries and avoiding the ghost of a girl who died in the house a long time ago.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Surreal 9.2%
- #17 WILLOW RIDGE
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAPWNED
Windows
In 1995, Detective Richard Moore turned in his badge, abandoning the only case he couldn't solve — A string of disappearances in town, culminating in the loss of his wife. Ten years later, an impossible lead drags him back. After all... Nothing stays buried forever in WILLOW RIDGE.
Why similar: FMV 18.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Detective 9.4%
- #18 Dark Memories: Prologue
84% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the prologue episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 12.6%, Thriller 10.7%, Nonlinear 10.6%
- #19 Off the Clock: 13/F
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Latent Nine
Windows
Late at night in an office tower, you are trapped in floors that keep repeating. Some of them have let in things that don't belong to this decade, as if something would rather you stayed. Spot the anomalies, keep going down, and find out what this building really is.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Investigation 13.3%, Surreal 10.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #20 Telling Lies
85% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 23.6% ★, Detective 13.7%, Thriller 13.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.7%
- #21 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,488 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Horror 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Surreal 10%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #22 The Lunar Effect
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Negative EntitiesPub: N/A
Windows
Help solve the mystery of the moonlit mansion in this classic fixed camera horror puzzle game inspired by the art styles of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The Lunar Effect takes its protagonist on a dark and unfamiliar path but be warned, sometimes when one stares into the moon, the moon stares back
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Surreal 13.2%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #23 Eclipsium
80% matchVery Positive92% of 3,724 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: FMV 19.7% ★, Lovecraftian 14.7%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Surreal 10.6%, Thriller 10.4%
- #24 Cradlemoor
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TallHead
Windows · Mac
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: FMV 26.4% ★, Detective 15.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #25 The Painscreek Killings
81% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Investigation 18.2%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%, Thriller 7.3%
- #26 Mountains of Madness
79% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
From H.P. Lovecraft's work, this walking simulator sends you to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia. Unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Investigation 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #27 Case File: Archived 3:12AM
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zippy Creative Studio
Windows
At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Thriller 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #28 Necropolis Suite
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Horror 8.7%
- #29 Dark Memories: Investigation
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: visioxr_studio
Windows
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #30 Unheil
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evona Games
Windows
You'll witness unprecedentedly chilling events as you try to uncover the dark secrets lurking within a cursed mansion alongside Alexia. This village has never returned any of its visitors. Will you be able to escape the clutches of this cursed village?
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Detective 16.9%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #31 SANGUINE CYCLE; REDUX
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YAMARUGII
Windows
A narrative-driven thriller about missing people, stagnant towns, and the fact that even if you love someone, you can't always see the good sides of them when push comes to shove.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.2%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 12%, Investigation 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #32 TR-49
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,262 reviews2026
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Nonlinear 14%, Detective 13.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.4% ★
- #33 Nights in Endless Dream
75% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Ikadev Studio
Windows
Nights in Endless Dream is another psychological anomaly game that focuses on the story of our main character and 2D aesthetics. Memorize the rooms and find the anomalies to escape the dream.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Surreal 9.8%
- #34 Launderley
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Braisque
Windows · Linux
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Lore-Rich 16%, Investigation 15%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #35 SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind
76% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Netherlate Games
Windows
You are a Class D personnel on an experimental mission for the Foundation to investigate SCP-479. The facility is linked to anomalies affecting the human psyche, gradually driving them insane. Please remember to take your pills.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.3% ★, Lore-Rich 12%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Thriller 9.9%
- #36 Incident Reports: Millers Residence
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faint Signal Games
Windows
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Detective 14%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Thriller 10.5%
- #37 Lake Facade: Director's Cut
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rexoto Games
Windows
Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Surreal 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #38 Curse of the Crimson Stag
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Curse of the Crimson Stag is a story-driven mystery thriller in which you explore a blurred line between supernatural occurrences and past tragedy. Uncover what led to the abandoning of the once luxurious Whiteroot Hotel. Local myth tells of a wrathful spirit known as the Crimson Stag…
Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Thriller 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #39 My Work Is Not Yet Done
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sutemi ProductionsPub: Raw Fury
Windows
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Detective 13.5%, Thriller 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #40 Life Eater
73% matchVery Positive83% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: FMV 20.5% ★, Lovecraftian 16.3%, Alternate History 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #41 Dead Take
71% matchVery Positive88% of 844 reviews2025
Dev: Surgent StudiosPub: Pocketpair Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
Why similar: FMV 28.6% ★, Walking Simulator 14%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.6%, Thriller 7.6%
- #42 Tisis
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitris Risis
Windows
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, First-Person 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #43 Facility of Dusk
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HALKO Digital
Windows
You are a film student recording a house tour in a quiet town. Somewhere between one room and the next, the world changed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.9%, Thriller 14.3%, Surreal 13.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #44 The Voss Clinic
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Frequency
Windows
A psychiatric hospital. 1986. The staff are dead. The doors are open. You have no memory of how you got here or why your name is on a patient file. No monsters. No combat. Only the silence of empty corridors, and the slow realization of what was done to you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Thriller 12.6%, Surreal 9.7%
- #45 The Brothers Hotel
70% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.3%
- #46 The Queen's Gondola
68% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Morning Crescent
Windows
Stuck on the Queen’s royal aircraft, you have been trapped in a mystical loop fueled by dark magic. Armed with nothing but your wits, keep an eye out for anomalies, and you might just find an escape.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Surreal 12%, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #47 Fatal Falls
69% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Detective 11.1%
- #48 Don't Shoot The Humans!
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Faces
Windows
Don’t Shoot the Humans! is a horror-detective game where you must decide friend from foe. One wrong choice will doom you to a fate worse than death. Every shot counts.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Horror 12.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Thriller 11%
- #49 Angels Cove
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: CG Cowboy Studios
Windows
Investigate an abandoned island and its haunted estate in this first-person psychological horror game. Recover paranormal equipment, unlock new areas, follow environmental clues, and uncover the history behind an escalating supernatural presence.
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Detective 14.7%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 8.3%
- #50 Dreadline Express
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David KonecnyPub: Shoreline Games
Windows
Dreadline Express is a 1st-person, psychological horror metroidbrainia set aboard the last human train. Unravel mysteries of the enigmatic train, face strange passengers, and shape your path using a unique card-based mechanic that gives you full narrative control. This is no longer our world.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.1% ★, Lovecraftian 15.2%, Detective 12%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Investigation 9.2%
- #51 The Alley
66% matchVery Positive92% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: AIXLABPub: Smilegate
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Aberrations" and deceptive "Deceptions" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Horror 9.9%, Surreal 9.7%
- #52 Grill'd: The Vanishing
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Yellow Room
Windows
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13.7%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Surreal 10%, Investigation 8.9%
- #53 Into the Dangerous World I Leapt
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Infant Ambivalence ProjectPub: Harry Hedman
Windows
Follow Idony on a journey to find her brother Edus in a strange factory where the walls between dimensions are thin.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Nonlinear 16.3%, Surreal 16%, Horror 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #54 In Tenebris
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepless_Team
Windows
In Tenebris is a dark, first-person sci-fi horror game where echolocation is the only way to find your way out. You see while you make sound, but you can also be heard by those you don't want to be around. Explore the corridors of a research facility, avoid enemies, and try to survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Alternate History 15.7%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Thriller 9.4%
- #55 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
70% matchVery Positive82% of 620 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 28.1% ★, Lovecraftian 22.7%, Detective 14.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Mystery 8%
- #56 The Circus That Never Left
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YS Studios
Windows · Mac
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Detective 12%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Investigation 11.1%
- #57 Arkham Detective
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skellyboy Studios AS
Windows
Arkham Detective is an immersive and captivating psychological thriller that unfolds within the eerie and otherworldly universe crafted by the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Detective 18.9%, Thriller 17.6%, Investigation 7.1%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #58 PROJE ARAF
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: obscuradev
Windows
Step into the shoes of a detective trapped in a chilling psychological nightmare. Investigate dark corridors, examine cryptic clues, and crack intricate puzzles while an unseen tension hunts your every move. Can you uncover the truth before your sanity shatters?
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Thriller 17.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #59 HYPNOS
64% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26%, Surreal 13.5%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Horror 9.1%