- #1 Mystery of the Malign
97% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 24.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 12%, Investigation 10.5%
- #2 ANIMAL WELL
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Exploration 19.6%, Mystery 18.3%, Nonlinear 18%, Puzzle 15.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #3 DREAM LOGIC
96% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Mystery 19.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #4 Eldritchvania
95% matchVery Positive85% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: DeathCount Games
Windows
Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Exploration 18%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #5 Chroma Zero
94% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Mystery 21%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Adventure 8.8%
- #6 Dread Delusion
93% matchVery Positive90% of 5,228 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Exploration 26.8%, Story Rich 22.8%, Open World 15.5%, Adventure 15.1%, First-Person 10.4%
- #7 Shadows Peak
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 346 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: Mystery 30.6%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Open World 8.5%
- #8 Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 461 reviews2016
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.9%, Horror 12%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #9 ZERO PROTOCOL
91% matchVery Positive83% of 628 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Mystery 20.4%, Exploration 14.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Puzzle 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #10 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Lovecraftian 17.5%, Exploration 14.9%, Story Rich 9.2%, Horror 8%
- #11 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
89% matchVery Positive82% of 2,952 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Mystery 18%, Lovecraftian 17.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 10%, Investigation 7.9%
- #12 Dreamcore
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,955 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Investigation 8.8%
- #13 Curse of Anabelle
90% matchMixed65% of 136 reviews2020
Dev: Rocwise Entertainment
Windows
Curse of Anabelle is a story driven adventure-horror/puzzle game which players can experience in the first person perspective. The storyline is based on real world myths and legends.
Why similar: Adventure 34.4%, Indie 15.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Action 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #14 Don't Remember
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Boo! Games
Windows
In Don’t Remember, some things are better left forgotten. Fight your amnesia in this atmospheric, first person psychological horror game. Solve the mystery of the old mansion in 1900’s England through the use of your lantern’s various colors and face its hidden grotesque visage.
Why similar: Mystery 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #15 DEMON COMPASS
86% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: xena-spectralePub: Provoker
Windows · Mac
This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.
Why similar: Exploration 23.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Horror 12.3%, 3D 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #16 Below, Rusted Gods
84% matchVery Positive89% of 309 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 22.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10%
- #17 Inner Voices
87% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Sigma GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Inner Voices is a dark, non-linear adventure game with a pinch of horror, inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft and E. A. Poe. Find your way through a procedurally generated maze of rooms and solve the mystery of your past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #18 Westmark Manor
86% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
What lurks in the darkest corners of the mansion? Westmark Manor is a journey into the occult, a mind-bending survival horror game, with a heavy focus on solving puzzles and exploration, inspired by the formidable H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Lovecraftian 20.7%, Mystery 20.4%, Puzzle 11.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #19 INHUMAN
85% matchMixed63% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: 秋太虚工作室Pub: QutosoGame
Windows
"INHUMAN" is an independent horror game. The story takes place in the conspiracy of an ancient clan, and the protagonist is in a psychedelic state and can't even distinguish herself. With further exploration and confrontation with all kinds of ghosts, the puzzle will be solved step by step...
Why similar: Mystery 18.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #20 Partum Artifex
83% matchVery Positive97% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Exploration 10.1%
- #21 Fortuito: Lost History
84% matchVery Positive80% of 80 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: Mystery 28.4%, Puzzle 20.9%, Adventure 15.9%, 3D 10.4%, First-Person 8.5%
- #22 Insight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Story Rich 25.4%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Adventure 3%
- #23 MATRESHKA
80% matchVery Positive84% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
MATRESHKA is a first-person psychological horror experience, you need find a way to escape from a maze of old soviet building. If you die...
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Exploration 13.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #24 Ginkgo
82% matchVery Positive92% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.5%, Horror 26.1%, Adventure 22.1%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #25 HYPNOS
79% matchVery Positive95% of 101 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 18%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 8.3%
- #26 Kairo
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,754 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Exploration 24.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #27 Through The Fragmentation
81% matchVery Positive97% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.8%, Mystery 20.8%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Investigation 7.5%
- #28 THANATOS
79% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 19.8%, Puzzle 18.6%, Story Rich 11.4%, Horror 11%
- #29 Zoonomaly
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 974 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTS ARE OFF LLC
Windows
You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.3%, Exploration 18.6%, Puzzle 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Open World 8.7%
- #30 Ember Seeker
75% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: Lehti E.
Windows
An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.
Why similar: Exploration 24.7%, Adventure 22.3%, Nonlinear 14.2%, 3D 10.7%, First-Person 7.2%
- #31 Necrophosis
75% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 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: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Mystery 21.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #32 Onirike
78% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Onirike is an original 3D adventure, puzzle and platformer video game which takes place in an intricate open world, designed with a non-linear narrative and presented with a peculiar audio-visual aesthetic.
Why similar: Exploration 20.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Open World 10.5%
- #33 The Shore
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,989 reviews2021
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 28.5%, Exploration 15.6%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #34 Charon's Staircase
77% matchMixed61% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Exploration 17.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #35 Confabulation: Homestead
74% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Authogin
Windows
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
Why similar: Mystery 19.6%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Horror 8.5%
- #36 Anthology of Fear
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: OhDeer StudioPub: 100 GAMES
Windows
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Why similar: Horror 46.7%, Psychological Horror 27.8%, Atmospheric 14.4%, First-Person 11.1%
- #37 Kwaidan ~Azuma manor story~
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: 求道庵(gudouan)Pub: Mediascape Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Seamlessly combining 3D action and point-click adventure, "Kwaidan" provides a nostalgic-yet-new experience. Explore old Japanese manor and solve the clever puzzles set there, and fight against monsters called Yoki.
Why similar: Mystery 21.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Horror 11.7%, 3D 8.1%
- #38 Care
72% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Mystery 22.6%, Lovecraftian 17.6%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Investigation 10.9%
- #39 Project Liminal 2
71% matchVery Positive82% of 70 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: Adventure 21.6%, Puzzle 20.5%, Exploration 18.7%, 3D 7.8%, Action 7.6%
- #40 UnderDread
76% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 14.7%, Horror 12.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #41 INFRA
73% matchVery Positive88% of 3,717 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, Exploration 17.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 8%
- #42 Implements of Hell
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
Why similar: Mystery 23.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Horror 11%
- #43 Fantasmagorie
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Story Rich 27.2%, Exploration 23.2%, Horror 17.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 14.1%
- #44 Unholy
73% matchMixed64% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Duality GamesPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Why similar: Mystery 22.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #45 Quern - Undying Thoughts
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,065 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Mystery 21.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 12.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Investigation 9.9%
- #46 Family curse
71% matchVery Positive91% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Stork Game
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Exploration 15.5%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Puzzle 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #47 Outlying Islands
69% matchVery Positive95% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Mystery 17.9%, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #48 Greenhouse
69% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Mystery 20.5%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Exploration 15%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #49 Wéko The Mask Gatherer
69% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: SIRO GAMES Sarl
Windows
Wéko the Mask Gatherer is a 3D action-adventure game where you step into the shoes of Wéko, a mysterious adventurer on a quest to collect the seven powerful Primordial Masks in a mesmerizing world full of exploration, puzzles, and combat.
Why similar: Mystery 24.9%, Exploration 18.7%, Puzzle 16.2%, Open World 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #50 Unanswered
67% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: WhiteRoot Studio
Windows
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Exploration 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 10.7%
- #51 Blackthorne's Manor
68% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Error 404 Studios
Windows
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 15%, Puzzle 14.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 7.2%
- #52 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
70% matchMixed60% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 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: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #53 Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 708 reviews2025
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
Why similar: Exploration 23.7%, Horror 15.2%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%
- #54 Noch
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Exploration 17.1%, Story Rich 15.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Investigation 12%, Adventure 9%
- #55 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
67% matchMixed58% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Nacon
Windows
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 13%, Exploration 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #56 Homesick
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,452 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Mystery 21.1%, Exploration 17.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Horror 9%
- #57 One-Eyed Likho
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,253 reviews2025
Dev: Morteshka
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Why similar: Mystery 21.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 12.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Horror 10.8%
- #58 Insomnis
67% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Exploration 14.1%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Puzzle 12%, Horror 10.2%
- #59 Burn Me Alive
68% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Davit Galoyan
Windows
Explore a surreal world, solve puzzles, fight monsters and get to the bottom of the mystery of this compelling horror thriller.
Why similar: Mystery 17.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #60 Lost Hope: Backrooms
64% matchMixed69% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
Windows
Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Exploration 19.1%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Puzzle 11.5%