- #1 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
97% matchVery Positive95% of 35,628 reviews2010
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Stealth 7.8%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it shares the core stealth and sanity-management mechanics that define the series.
- #2 SOMA
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,486 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Horror 11.1%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, First-Person 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game offers a similarly profound narrative experience paired with terrifying first-person exploration.
- #3 Amnesia: The Bunker
96% matchVery Positive93% of 12,386 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Stealth 22%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Horror 12%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title evolves the Amnesia formula into an immersive sim, emphasizing player agency and resource management in a confined, dangerous space.
- #4 Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,966 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
Why similar: Stealth 17.6%, Horror 16.8%, Lovecraftian 16.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title serves as the mechanical blueprint for the Amnesia series, featuring physics-based puzzles and intense psychological horror.
- #5 Alien: Isolation
94% matchVery Positive93% of 66,577 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Stealth 25.6%, Horror 21.5%, Survival Horror 18.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same high-stakes stealth gameplay where hiding from an unstoppable predator is your primary means of survival.
- #6 Visage
94% matchVery Positive84% of 10,917 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 30.7%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Dark 9.3%, First-Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at psychological horror, using shifting environments and complex puzzles to keep the player constantly unsettled.
- #7 Still Wakes the Deep
93% matchVery Positive88% of 12,881 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Horror 11.8%, Stealth 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, atmospheric horror game set in a claustrophobic environment that mirrors the dread of Rebirth.
- #8 Call of Cthulhu®
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,859 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.5%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strong match for players who enjoy the Lovecraftian themes and investigative elements present in the Amnesia series.
- #9 MADiSON
91% matchVery Positive87% of 3,425 reviews2022
Dev: BLOODIOUS GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An intense psychological horror game that relies on clever puzzle-solving and a constant sense of being watched.
- #10 Outlast
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 138,315 reviews2013
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Survival Horror 14.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Stealth 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential first-person horror experience that forces players to rely on stealth and limited vision to survive.
- #11 Layers of Fear
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,706 reviews2023
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Why similar: Horror 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Story Rich 9.6%, Emotional 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on psychological horror and environmental storytelling, creating a disorienting experience similar to the protagonist's journey in Rebirth.
- #12 Observer: System Redux
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Stealth 32.2%, Horror 17.8%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, First-Person 13.2%, Story Rich 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply atmospheric, narrative-heavy first-person experience with a focus on investigation and psychological tension.
- #13 Penumbra Overture
89% matchVery Positive91% of 4,159 reviews2009
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Stealth 12.8%, Survival Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The first entry in the Penumbra series, establishing the physics-based interaction and stealth-focused gameplay Frictional Games is known for.
- #14 The Beast Inside
88% matchVery Positive83% of 12,117 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration with a dual-timeline narrative and puzzle-solving mechanics that feel very familiar to Amnesia fans.
- #15 SIGNALIS
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,140 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.4%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterful survival horror game that emphasizes resource management, puzzle-solving, and a deeply unsettling atmosphere.
- #16 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
87% matchMixed70% of 12,101 reviews2013
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Lovecraftian 14.3%, First-Person 7.4%, Story Rich 6.8%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused spin-off that emphasizes the series' signature dark atmosphere and storytelling.
- #17 Moons of Madness
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,931 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Horror 15%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror game that leans heavily into Lovecraftian cosmic dread and environmental exploration.
- #18 Scorn
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,649 reviews2022
Dev: Ebb SoftwarePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Puzzle 10%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a uniquely atmospheric and puzzle-heavy horror experience with a distinct, visceral visual style.
- #19 Fear the Spotlight
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Stealth 20.2%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-focused horror game that captures the tension of being trapped in a dark, mysterious location.
- #20 Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
86% matchMixed68% of 3,357 reviews2009
Dev: Headfirst ProductionsPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47%, Horror 15.4%, Stealth 9.7%, Survival Horror 8.5%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person Lovecraftian horror game that balances investigation with moments of intense, vulnerable combat.
- #21 SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,080 reviews2019
Dev: Protocol GamesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Horror 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Survival Horror 10%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a focus on investigation and survival against an unrelenting supernatural presence.
- #22 The Medium
83% matchVery Positive89% of 10,180 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique dual-reality mechanic to enhance its psychological horror and puzzle-solving gameplay.
- #23 Martha Is Dead
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,915 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy psychological horror game that explores dark themes through exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #24 Tormented Souls
81% matchVery Positive90% of 8,120 reviews2021
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic survival horror that emphasizes intricate puzzles and a constant sense of danger.
- #25 The Shore
81% 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 39.8%, Horror 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 7.8%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Lovecraftian exploration game that focuses on the cosmic horror elements found in Rebirth.
- #26 ROUTINE
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,198 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Stealth 18.5%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Dark 8.4%
- #27 Lost in Vivo
79% matchVery Positive91% of 3,974 reviews2018
Dev: KIRA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Horror 17%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 10%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses claustrophobic level design to create an intense sense of dread and isolation.
- #28 Outlast 2
79% matchVery Positive91% of 64,304 reviews2017
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Dark 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the high-stakes stealth horror tradition with a focus on fleeing from threats in a hostile, rural setting.
- #29 Darkwood
78% matchVery Positive95% of 24,850 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Horror 15%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: While top-down, its intense atmosphere and focus on survival mechanics perfectly mirror the dread found in the Amnesia games.
- #30 Maid of Sker
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,457 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Why similar: Stealth 20.1%, Horror 13.6%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, First-Person 7.4%
- #31 Alone in the Dark
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,872 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Dark 8.1%, Survival Horror 7.7%
- #32 Never Again
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 952 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Stealth 14.6%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Horror 9.8%, Emotional 7.3%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #33 Those Who Remain
76% matchMixed67% of 857 reviews2020
Dev: Camel 101Pub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Why similar: Stealth 18.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, First-Person 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #34 Mists of Aiden
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,141 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 7.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #35 Subversive Memories
71% matchVery Positive97% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Horror 7.7%, Emotional 7%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #36 Penumbra: Requiem
78% matchMixed53% of 1,149 reviews
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.
Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Puzzle 25.2%, Adventure 17.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%, First-Person 9.3%
- #37 HELLSEED: All Chapters
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 297 reviews2024
Dev: Profenix Studio SRLS
Windows
HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.
Why similar: Stealth 21.1%, Horror 12%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 9%, First-Person 7.5%
- #38 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,881 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Horror 22.5%, Stealth 19.5%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #39 Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,524 reviews2019
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 11%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #40 GYLT
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,285 reviews2023
Dev: Haven MediaPub: Parallel Circles
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.
Why similar: Stealth 18.4%, Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 9.2%, Emotional 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #41 Layers of Fear (2016)
73% matchVery Positive88% of 27,656 reviews2016
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 56.8%, Psychological Horror 9%, Lovecraftian 5.7%, First-Person 5.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #42 Asleep: Act 1
71% matchVery Positive94% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Stealth 17.9%, Survival Horror 11%, Horror 10.3%, Emotional 8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #43 Tormented Souls 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,153 reviews2025
Dev: Dual EffectPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 8.6%
- #44 Bendy and the Dark Revival
70% matchVery Positive92% of 16,146 reviews2022
Dev: Joey Drew Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Stealth 16.3%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #45 Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
72% 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 36.7%, Horror 8.9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 7.2%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #46 Perception
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 633 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 11.3%
- #47 Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
71% matchVery Positive89% of 8,309 reviews2014
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Survival Horror 7.1%, Stealth 6.4%
- #48 Necrophosis
67% 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 37%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Gothic 8.4% ★, Puzzle 7.7%
- #49 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,352 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 8.1%
- #50 The Chant
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,248 reviews2022
Dev: Brass TokenPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14%, Horror 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12%, Emotional 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #51 Left Alone
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 646 reviews2016
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
Why similar: Horror 12.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #52 Comatose
65% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2026
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.
Why similar: Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 11%, Puzzle 10.8%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #53 Whitehaven
70% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, First-Person 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.5%
- #54 Lethe - Episode One
69% matchVery Positive85% of 407 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, First-Person 18.9%, Puzzle 16%, Adventure 15.6%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #55 Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes
65% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: ICONIKPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is a dark atmospheric adventure‑puzzle game where you embody Dark Six, a mysterious figure with the shape of a little girl. Navigate in a disturbing world, solve intricate puzzles, and escape terrifying giant foes in a desperate search to become whole again.
Why similar: Stealth 20.9%, Puzzle 13%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #56 Rise of Insanity
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,283 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Dark 8.1%
- #57 Blasfemia
64% matchVery Positive91% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: Nakashima Studios
Windows
Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 18%, Dark 12.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, First-Person 8.2%
- #58 In Sound Mind
65% matchVery Positive95% of 6,936 reviews2021
Dev: We Create StuffPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 13.4%, Puzzle 12.1%, First-Person 9.9%