- #1 The Mortuary Assistant
97% matchVery Positive92% of 8,717 reviews2022
Dev: DarkStone DigitalPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Medical Sim 23.1% ★, Demons 12.4%, Supernatural 12.1%, First-Person 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the meticulous, high-stakes preparation of bodies while dealing with supernatural threats.
- #2 Do No Harm
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Darts Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?
Why similar: Medical Sim 42.9% ★, Time Management 21.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Point & Click 5.2%, First-Person 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medical-themed horror game that emphasizes time management and difficult moral choices.
- #3 Autopsy Simulator
96% matchMixed51% of 1,608 reviews2024
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Autopsy Simulator is a first-person horror-sim hybrid where players take on the role of a practice pathologist and study case files, created in collaboration with real-world forensic doctors, to help guide their dissection of anatomically accurate bodies to determine each subject’s cause of death.
Why similar: Medical Sim 51.3% ★, Horror 12.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, First-Person 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features detailed, realistic surgical procedures combined with intense psychological horror elements.
- #4 SOMA
95% 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: Survival Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Explores existential and medical horror within a decaying, claustrophobic sci-fi facility.
- #5 Viscera Cleanup Detail
94% matchVery Positive92% of 23,724 reviews2015
Dev: RuneStorm
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.
Why similar: Simulation 41.1%, First-Person 33.1%, Horror 23.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the grim, repetitive, and atmospheric nature of cleaning up after horrific surgical or combat events.
- #6 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: Survival Horror 42.1%, Horror 24.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Difficult 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Masterfully balances resource management and stealth in a high-tension, dystopian sci-fi environment.
- #7 OVERDOSE
93% matchVery Positive85% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: For Fun GamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Survive the night in a deadly asylum—deliver sinister meds, keep the insane in line, and outwit a killer hiding in the dark.
Why similar: Time Management 19.2%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Difficult 13.4%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a strong simulation-based horror experience with a focus on atmospheric storytelling.
- #8 Dead Space
92% matchVery Positive91% of 70,332 reviews2023
Dev: MotivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.6%, Horror 26.3%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines visceral body horror with engineering-based survival mechanics in a space-bound setting.
- #9 SIGNALIS
91% 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: Survival Horror 51.5%, Psychological Horror 30.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-tier survival horror game that nails the atmospheric, sci-fi, and psychological dread of a dystopian future.
- #10 SCP: Observer
91% matchVery Positive92% of 655 reviews2023
Dev: Maximilian Fischer
Windows
SCP: Observer is a frightening experience in which you'll play the role of a maintenance engineer trapped inside a security room. Survive by managing the emergency power supply, monitoring the facility's camera system for threats and blocking the paths of oncoming horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Resource Management 19.2%, Difficult 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on containment and resource management while navigating a facility filled with anomalous threats.
- #11 System Shock
89% matchVery Positive90% of 12,905 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Survival Horror 41.5%, Horror 27.5%, First-Person 15.6%, Story Rich 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that requires careful resource management and navigation through a hostile, tech-driven environment.
- #12 Prey
89% matchVery Positive91% of 54,492 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Horror 22.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, First-Person 14.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep immersive-sim mechanics and resource management within a dangerous, isolated research station.
- #13 DOCTOR VISCERA
88% matchVery Positive93% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Liminal RoadPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that blends puzzle-solving with medical-themed tension.
- #14 Syndrome
90% matchMixed64% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game set on a ship where resource management and stealth are critical.
- #15 The Gravedigger
87% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Authogin
Windows
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 18.8%, Demons 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, First-Person 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive, first-person perspective on the grim task of handling the dead in a horror setting.
- #16 A.I.L.A
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,393 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.2%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Horror 14.2%, Thriller 12%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic psychological horror experience that leans heavily into atmospheric dread.
- #17 Barotrauma
85% matchVery Positive94% of 89,315 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 56.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival Horror 44.8%, Horror 20.2%, Difficult 18.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense resource management and survival horror mechanics inside a claustrophobic submarine.
- #18 Observer: System Redux
86% 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: Psychological Horror 35.3%, Horror 31.7%, First-Person 21.1%, Story Rich 12%
Why You'll Like It: A deep dive into dystopian psychological horror with a focus on investigating the minds of others.
- #19 Unsorted Horror
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,638 reviews2023
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows
A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.8%, First-Person 15.8%, Puzzle 14.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Thriller 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of atmospheric, simulation-focused horror experiences that mirror the experimental feel of the seed game.
- #20 Left By Angels
83% matchVery Positive85% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Street Art Studios
Windows
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 25.9%, Demons 14.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that explores themes of isolation and supernatural mystery.
- #21 Mirror Forge
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.4%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 13.7%, Demons 9.3%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes survival and navigating dark, surreal environments.
- #22 Veil Transfer
82% matchVery Positive95% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Graves
Windows
An atmospheric, arcade first-person horror game where your sole job is to root out the Veils who take on the identity of humans. Interrogate and execute monsters that hide within people, and protect yourself while managing your ammunition and transfers.
Why similar: Time Management 33.2%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Supernatural 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person shooting with immersive-sim management mechanics in a horror context.
- #23 Phasmophobia
80% matchVery Positive94% of 837,685 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 51.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Supernatural 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Demons 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Requires careful resource management and investigative procedures to survive against supernatural entities.
- #24 White Room Protocol
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Lefto Studio
Windows
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 19.2%, Thriller 15.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Supernatural 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological isolation and atmospheric tension found in confined, sterile environments.
- #25 No, I'm not a Human
78% matchVery Positive93% of 30,435 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.3%, Horror 23.1%, Thriller 14.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #26 Darkwood
81% 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: Survival Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 17.6%, Supernatural 11.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes brutal resource management and a terrifying, oppressive atmosphere in a survival-horror context.
- #27 The Unholy Priest
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 407 reviews2025
Dev: Grejuva
Windows
Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Horror 13.8%, Demons 12.7%, Supernatural 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends simulation and horror with a focus on supernatural tasks and surreal environments.
- #28 MOLE
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,515 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Simulation 12.7%, First-Person 12.7%
- #29 CARRION
79% matchVery Positive94% of 35,455 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Horror 59.1%, Puzzle 30.6%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on lab-based horror by focusing on the mechanics of a biological threat.
- #30 Retail Hell
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 542 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Midnighters
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Trapped in an infinite shift, you are the sole clerk of purgatory’s only convenience store. Manage stock, pay your taxes and keep nightmarish creatures at bay as you uncover the secret of why your shift never ends. Clock in. Serve the dead. Survive the shift.
Why similar: Time Management 36.2%, Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%
- #31 ORDER 13
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,501 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Supernatural 8.4%
- #32 Observation
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,189 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Thriller 14.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi thriller where you manage a space station's systems, mirroring the technical management aspects of the seed game.
- #33 Italian Brainrot: In Prison
77% matchVery Positive82% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: ShLeksPub: Immortal Hero
Windows
A horror survival game set in a prison corrupted by the madness of the Italian Brainrot movement. Watch the cameras, shut the doors, and save power to survive the monsters. Each night grows more terrifying and unpredictable.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.8%, Jump Scare 18.6% ★, Difficult 12.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #34 Comatose
75% 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 28.9%, Resource Management 16.4%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #35 Zoochosis
75% matchMixed61% of 2,383 reviews2024
Dev: Clapperheads
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.8%, Thriller 16.6%, Horror 15.9%, First-Person 11%, Simulation 8.4%
- #36 Angel's Gear
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 267 reviews2023
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Angel's Gear is a challenging horror-flavored Metroidvania set in a world tainted by a mechanical disease.
Why similar: Survival Horror 56%, Horror 23%, Demons 11.5%, Story Rich 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #37 Desolation Seed
74% matchNo user reviews67% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: ECS Software
Windows
An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Puzzle 22%, Simulation 16.7%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #38 Pathologic 3
72% matchVery Positive80% of 2,770 reviews2026
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 16.5%, Difficult 10.9%, First-Person 8%
- #39 Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
73% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Durultay Games
Windows
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.5%, Thriller 13%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #40 Dishwashing Simulator
73% matchVery Positive87% of 538 reviews2024
Dev: Frinky
Windows
A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.
Why similar: Survival Horror 45.3%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Simulation 12.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Horror 8.5%
- #41 One Room Nightmare
74% matchVery Positive82% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: RenKon
Windows
Turn-based strategy horror. Terror in a confined space. Manage your limited power and time to protect yourself from the oncoming enemies and survive until dawn.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Horror 16.8%, Resource Management 15.1%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #42 Greenhouse
73% 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: Survival Horror 29.6%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 16.7%, Supernatural 7.6%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #43 Sunken Engine
72% matchVery Positive83% of 803 reviews2025
Dev: Two Nomads StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.
Why similar: Time Management 46%, Horror 12.3%, Simulation 12%, Thriller 8.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #44 Below, Rusted Gods
70% 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: Psychological Horror 23.4%, Thriller 16.9%, Horror 16.3%, Puzzle 12.4%, First-Person 11.8%
- #45 Paragnosia
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,240 reviews2024
Dev: Sine Coda
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Horror 14.8%, Demons 13.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%
- #46 Cronos: The New Dawn
69% matchVery Positive88% of 11,578 reviews2025
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Why similar: Survival Horror 33%, Difficult 20.7%, Resource Management 20.2%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #47 Ells Tales: Chairbound
71% matchVery Positive82% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: Ells&Pills
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
You wake up tied to an office chair in the middle of an empty room. A mysterious device with a 10-minute timer is attached to you. Explore the office floors, try not to tip over, and find a way to escape!
Why similar: Survival Horror 47.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Horror 7.1%
- #48 Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
71% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: 727 Not HoundPub: 727 Not Hound
Windows
Everyone must resist the relentless unfairness with the cards they've been dealt. Use the randomly distributed holy verses to identify the names of the 10 demons. Save 5 people and exorcise the sixth threat lurking in the shadows. This is a compact game of continuous gambles and judgments.
Why similar: Simulation 25.4%, Point & Click 23.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Horror 17.4%, Demons 14.1%
- #49 Idea Fix
69% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: ZuitLabs
Windows · Linux
Incremental physics based game about pushing levers, clicking buttons and coming to terms with obsession.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, Resource Management 21.4%, Horror 14.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Simulation 10.4%
- #50 Hell Dive
69% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Teacup Games
Windows
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Resource Management 22.9%, Horror 17.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Supernatural 8.5%
- #51 Exorcist Simulator
68% matchMixed68% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: D.M.G.V
Windows
Exorcist Simulator is a 1‑4 player online co‑op horror where every play asks the same, terrible question: Will you cast out the Devil —or wear his skin?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Horror 17%, Demons 15.6%, Supernatural 13.1%, First-Person 12.4%
- #52 Angels Cove
70% 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: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 21%, First-Person 16.4%, Thriller 16.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #53 The Oily Depths
66% matchVery Positive84% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.5%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Horror 16.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Simulation 6.1%
- #54 The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
65% matchVery Positive94% of 3,251 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENTPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Thriller 14%, Supernatural 8.6%, Horror 8.4%
- #55 Ad Infernum
67% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.3%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Demons 14.8%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 6.5%
- #56 Crawling Angels
65% matchVery Positive96% of 213 reviews2026
Dev: ItsTheTaliaPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Smash and thrash the mysterious Forever Chicken, a living ragdoll at the heart of a frightful Midnight Carnival. Uncle Tontine insists you can leave whenever you desire, yet no child has ever gone home. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Puzzle 30.8%, Story Rich 16.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #57 Fear in Hospital
71% matchMixed48% of 521 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Fear in Hospital is a short survivor horror in hospital where you should find a occult path to escape alive!
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Horror 14.2%, Thriller 13.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #58 You Can Save Everyone
67% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Caleb Draper
Windows
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Horror 23%, Puzzle 20.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Simulation 10.8%
- #59 The Devil is in the Details
66% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: HideWorks
Windows
A survival horror spot-the-difference game set in a twisted Hell gameshow. Demons will distract you, torment you, or try to kill you. The Arbiter is your mysterious guide—sometimes helpful, sometimes...not so much. Spot the anomalies or suffer the consequences.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.4%, Horror 25.8%, Puzzle 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%, 3D 5.8%
- #60 Implements of Hell
68% 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: Psychological Horror 25.5%, Thriller 17.9%, Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 8.6%
