Games Like Ancient Guardian

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Horror 58%, Adventure 21.3%, Action 14.3%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Ancient Guardian, this game features a father searching for his child in a hostile environment filled with survival and horror elements.

Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on my personal experiences with child abuse.

Why similar: Adventure 27.6%, Action 26.6%, Horror 25.2%, Indie 20.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that mirrors the indie, narrative-driven exploration found in Ancient Guardian.

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 48.5%, Action 25.8%, Adventure 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a top-down perspective and procedural map generation to create an intense, claustrophobic horror experience.

In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.

Why similar: Horror 44.8%, Action 28.2%, Adventure 27%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and action-adventure elements in a procedural environment where you must navigate traps and enemies.

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: Violent 50.1%, Action 25.7%, Adventure 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric survival horror that emphasizes puzzle-solving and resource management in a mysterious, dangerous setting.

Dissimilated Land is a roguelike-like action game. In this game, you will play the role of a survivor trapping in the Sedley's ruins. For some reason, you have to take an adventure in an unfamiliar environment, facing dissimilated monsters beyond imagination. Through fighting, you will learn the secret behind this land.

Why similar: Action 51.2%, Adventure 48.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar action-adventure mechanics and roguelite progression within a dark, hostile world.

The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Why similar: Violent 24.8%, Adventure 22.5%, Horror 21.9%, Procedural Generation 21.8%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian survival-horror game that uses procedural generation to create unique, high-stakes investigation runs.

Ancient Abyss is a 2D Zelda-like action game where you will explore mysterious and hidden events in a randomly generated maze. As you progress, you’ll gain more power and collect items to help you reach further into the maze.

Why similar: Action 38.6%, Adventure 33.5%, Indie 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike dungeon crawler that shares the procedural exploration and action-oriented combat of the seed game.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 57.4%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 11.3%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark, puzzle-heavy atmosphere and the feeling of being a small, vulnerable protagonist in a world of threats.

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Indie 30.8%, Horror 28.5%, Adventure 26.1%, Action 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that emphasizes physics-based puzzles and a dark, atmospheric horror setting.

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: Violent 33.6%, Horror 20.9%, Action 19.9%, Indie 15.4%, Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-horror game that blends first-person exploration with supernatural mystery elements.

A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?

Why similar: Horror 43.4%, Violent 25.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Action 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that prioritizes exploration and environmental storytelling.

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 67.6%, Violent 13.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 6.2%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and complex puzzle-solving in a confined space.

Lost Daughter is an open-world action game which tells the story of Sawyer trying to find his daughter.

Why similar: Action 38.6%, Adventure 32.9%, Indie 28.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the thematic premise of a desperate search for a missing family member within an action-adventure framework.

"Lost in Dungeon" is a 2D action adventure game. In this lost land, you will act as an adventurer to explore here. Although the landscape is green, it is also full of dangers. Embark on the unknown journey and challenge the unknown enemy, you will find the secret here and finally find what you want.

Why similar: Action 50.8%, Adventure 49.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that utilizes procedural generation to keep the action-adventure loop fresh.

PaperDolls VR is a first-person VR horror game with oriental features. Explore the ancient ruins of the late Qing dynasty and search for your daughter . A complete story line goes through the whole game

Why similar: Action 37.7%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 26.2%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that uses atmosphere and puzzle-solving to create a tense, immersive experience.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Adventure 22.2%, Action 21.1%, Indie 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that conveys a sense of dread and mystery without relying on dialogue.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 72.6%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie classic that delivers raw, visceral horror and action in a bleak, urban environment.

Do not even try to close your eyes. You can't let the fear go. It is real. It is more real than you can imagine... "Statues" is a mix of survival-horror and action-adventure developed by Room710Games. The game based on the creepy enemies that only move when you're not looking at them.

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Action 21.2%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that uses unique mechanics to challenge the player's navigation and puzzle-solving skills.

Creepy Vision is an atmospheric indie horror with puzzles and dynamic levels. Explore a distorted dimension, avoid deadly traps, and find a way out while reality itself keeps changing around you.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Procedural Generation 22.6%, Action 19%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror-adventure that focuses on navigating eerie environments and uncovering dark secrets.

Find your missing daughter in the Hospital of Madness. Collect items, fight enemies, and do whatever it takes to reach her!

Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Violent 26.7%, Action 16.4%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 8.1%

Your task is to get out of the maze. For this, you need to find the key!

Why similar: Adventure 30.7%, Indie 27.5%, Action 21.1%, Horror 20.8%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-adventure game that centers on navigating complex, dangerous environments while managing tension.

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: Violent 39.1%, Horror 35.8%, Adventure 25.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric adventure game that focuses on stealth and puzzle-solving in a surreal world.

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 75.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Action 9.5%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the vulnerability of the protagonist, forcing players to rely on stealth and navigation rather than direct combat.

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 72.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 8.7%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who enjoy puzzle-solving while being hunted by unstoppable threats.

Delve deep into the origins of a sinister Chinese legend, and unearth the secrets of an island’s forgotten past in this pulse-pounding adventure.

Why similar: Action 32.5%, Adventure 31.7%, Indie 23.9%, Violent 7.6%, Horror 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure title that features intense combat and exploration in a mysterious, dangerous setting.

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Procedural Generation 40.4%, Action 18.4%

Welcome to the Afgarn Mansion. Don’t ask why it’s empty. Nor why the lights flicker. The more you ask, the more they’ll want to answer. Find your father. If you hear voices, don’t respond. The experiments are still inside. They know you entered. And they’re eager to have you close.

Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Action 22.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 13.5%

Depths of Limbo is a difficult action roguelike with a dark theme. The fast-paced combat is spiced up with a variety of unique items and weapons found throughout the procedurally generated world.

Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 35.8%, Indie 28%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike action-adventure game that emphasizes procedural dungeon crawling and survival.

You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.

Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Adventure 36.8%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.8%

A father tells his daughter a story about cannibals he met in his youth. The story depends entirely on your actions, but not every plot development will suit your daughter...

Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Adventure 28.6%, Action 21.6%, Indie 15.2%

Game is about little lost girl, who tries to find right path to visit her grandmother

Why similar: Action 48.4%, Adventure 46.4%, Indie 5.2%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Adventure 46.9%, Action 44%, Indie 9.1%

Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

Why similar: Horror 31.2%, Action 25.2%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 18.7%

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: Horror 54.8%, Adventure 28%, Indie 17.3%

In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.

Why similar: Action 32.8%, Indie 23.8%, Violent 20%, Procedural Generation 17.3%, Adventure 6.1%

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 28.7%, Adventure 26.7%, Action 25.6%, Indie 19%

You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?

Why similar: Adventure 37%, Action 34.8%, Violent 19.9%, Indie 8.3%

Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Action 23.1%, Adventure 22%, Indie 16.7%

Naxia is a brainchild of old school action-RPGs and modern rogue-lites, which means you get to explore a procedurally generated world and master your guardian’s fighting abilities to help them save Naxia from threats far beyond their wildest expectations.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 47.2%, Adventure 33.3%, Indie 19.5%

You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.

Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Procedural Generation 29.3%, Indie 13%

It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 44.6%

Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.

Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Procedural Generation 31.7%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 11%

Insane Decay of Mind: The Labyrinth is a first person horror game. You play the role of Katherine, a young girl lost in the eerie hallways of a building she believes to be her school.

Why similar: Action 28.5%, Adventure 27.5%, Horror 22.3%, Indie 21.6%

Surreal survival horror, where you alone or with a friend have to solve puzzles and try to survive in the endless entrance among the monsters

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 16.2%, Violent 15.2%, Action 15%

Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 30.3%, Action 27.6%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 17.5%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 20.2%, Action 15.3%

A supernatural horror game where you hunt and banish ghosts by locating altars, using tools, and surviving deadly attacks in procedurally generated environments. Play solo or with friends in this tense and dynamic ghost-extermination experience. This is not a finished project. This is build 1.0

Why similar: Horror 40%, Action 30.9%, Adventure 29.1%

Photonic Distress (or PD for short) is a blend of First/Third Person puzzler/platformer with a unique twist. Navigate your way through randomly generated levels, lighting your way up, fighting enemies, sliding and collecting Memory Fragments to wake up!

Why similar: Procedural Generation 31.1%, Action 25.3%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 18.7%

There is a legend about an ancient pyramid, great treasure and mighty emperor who was damned by the gods. Play as an archeologist studying the pyramid. The earthquake during the expedition blocked the entry. Try to find the exit... or search for the treasure of the Pharaoh? It's up to you!

Why similar: Horror 37%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 23.2%, Action 14%

"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: Horror 42.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Action 19.5%, Indie 13%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 50.5%, Adventure 19.4%, Action 17.3%, Indie 12.8%

Delve into the infinitely AI-generated, ghastly haunted mansion of TORUTARU. Use talismans, maps, your wits, and the friends you make along the way to fight off the angered spirits and survive. Every playthrough is a unique experience.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 40.8%, Horror 35.9%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 8.8%

Unalive is an action adventure roguelike game. Randomly generated laboratory rooms. Collect unique items to improve your abilities. Kill bosses and stay alive. You have only one chance!

Why similar: Indie 68.4%, Action 31.6%

Find Out - this is an adventure game in which you will have to escape from an unknown location, surrounded by a large maze.

Why similar: Indie 45.9%, Adventure 27.2%, Action 26.8%

A highly stylized horror adventure game set in the depths of an ancient dungeon. With torch in hand, explore and find a way to escape before falling prey to the unspeakable horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 66.6%, Action 33.4%

Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.

Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Horror 38.3%, Indie 23.3%

Action-Oriented Dungeon Crawler RPG

Why similar: Action 36.7%, Procedural Generation 33.9%, Indie 29.5%

An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.

Why similar: Violent 28.8%, Horror 25%, Adventure 17%, Action 16.9%, Indie 12.3%