Games Like Anomaly Directive

A psychological horror interactive fiction focused on atmosphere, investigation, and player choices. Explore an unsettling environment where every decision shapes the story and the truth behind a disturbing presence.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.9%, Horror 23.5%, Investigation 22.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 7.7%

A short solo developed psychological narrative horror game where you close your eyes to reveal a hidden layer of reality, the REDSHIFT. Uncover the secrets of the facility, Tower 7, and survive what hunts you within the REDSHIFT.

Why similar: Investigation 41.5%, Horror 29.1%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%

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: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Horror 24.7%, Investigation 16.1%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 5.6%

Psychic Sleuth: Street of Falling Souls is a deductive adventure game that combines narrative and puzzle solving, with rational reasoning to obtain relevant and important information to advance the story and unravel the truth of the case, as well as the mysterious forces behind the organisation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.3%, Horror 29.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Puzzle 8.7%

You live alone. Work from home. You haven't been out for days, trapped by endless rain. Every day your phone rings, it's an unknown number. “Possible fraud” is what you read on the screen. You think it's just spam.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 30.6%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%

A Single Player Ghost Hunting Game. Unlockable & Upgradeable Equipment, and multiple Unique Locations to investigate.

Why similar: Investigation 29.7%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Horror 21.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 4.1%

A first-person horror puzzle game about solving cryptic puzzles and surviving a deadly night inside an abandoned drive-in theater.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.7%, Horror 24.5%, Investigation 24.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Puzzle 5.8%

Experience the arrival of The Last Tape's protagonist in this short horror adventure that reveals what happened before the main events. Explore Lurmont’s abandoned facilities, avoid the mysterious creature, and descend step by step into a hell you might not escape from

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.2%, Horror 40%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 6.5%

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38%, Horror 37.5%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Puzzle 7%, Singleplayer 4.6%

A night shift at a remote lake turns into something unsettling. Explore the area, log data, and uncover what lurks in the darkness.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Horror 36.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Casual 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

The dead linger in the CRT glow, their wails rippling through the screen like disembodied echoes. And now… you’re drifting with them...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.1%, Horror 37.8%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

【Ghost Member】is a single-player ghost investigation horror adventure game. You investigate ghosts in a house where a member of the occult research club who went missing was investigating. The story progresses by using multiple items to find traces left by the ghost and identify the type of ghost.

Why similar: Investigation 28.8%, Psychological Horror 24.9%, Horror 22.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Puzzle 7.1%

Monitor the city from your window. Identify anomalies, capture proof, and file reports before Exposure spikes. Miss too much, and what you’re watching starts watching back.

Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Psychological Horror 29%, Horror 22.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 4.4%

A first-person atmospheric horror experience where hidden clues and impossible spaces draw you deeper into a place that should not exist.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 29%, Investigation 24.8%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 2.3%

A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 24%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Casual 11.2%

Doors Moor Doors is a game involving the lengthy process of opening doors testing the mentality of anyone who dares to play it.

Why similar: Investigation 31.6%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 7.1%, Casual 4.9%

Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Horror 24.7%, Investigation 22.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Puzzle 6%

The Last Shift is a first-person adventure horror game. At midnight, demons roam the amusement park while you are alone on the night shift in the security booth. Collect clues, solve puzzles, face your enemies, and strive to survive the night!

Why similar: Horror 33.2%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Investigation 19.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 7.3%

Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.

Why similar: Horror 50.5%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 8.9%, Puzzle 6%

A 3D Survival Horror Game, in which the player has to investigate an abandoned medical research facility, while looking out for whatever danger that resides in the unknown darkness. An indie game made by a 14 year old student.

Why similar: Investigation 37.1%, Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Puzzle 6.6%, Atmospheric 3%

🧠 BRAINROOMS is a grotesque horror born from a twisted internet: rotten memes, entities laughing at you, rooms that feel all wrong. A trashy, surreal nightmare where you scream, laugh, and lose your mind. Survive… if you can even grasp what’s happening.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.1%, Investigation 30.2%, Horror 24%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 5.2%

A first-person psychological horror game built around attention, perception, and fear.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.1%, Horror 28.5%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.3%, Investigation 25.5%, Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 6.1%

You are on a service to detect and destroy mimics - creatures capable of taking the form of any object. Your task is to carefully inspect your surroundings, use all your attentiveness and various tools to detect mimics.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.8%, Horror 26.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Casual 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Atmospheric first-person horror with exploration, notes, and multiple endings. Discover what lies beneath and what was never meant to be found.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.2%, Horror 28.3%, Investigation 23.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 8.3%

Two masks guard your escape—one always lies, one sometimes lies. Question both, spot anomalies as clues, and identify the absolute liar to choose the correct door to Escape.

Why similar: Investigation 33.7%, Psychological Horror 27.9%, Horror 25.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Adventure 4.5%

Investigate a mysterious old museum as an agent of the Anomalous Research Bureau. Identify strange anomalies, file accurate reports, and endure the nights until your investigation is complete.

Why similar: Investigation 33%, Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 10%, Puzzle 4.9%

Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Investigation 23.3%, Horror 21.1%, Atmospheric 10%, Puzzle 6.1%

A psychological horror adventure where you explore shifting dream worlds, solve immersive environmental puzzles, and unravel the mysteries of your fractured mind inside a surreal facility.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 26.6%, Investigation 20.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Adventure 8.3%

First-person psychological horror escape-room: You're a caregiver in a house where reality fractures and memories melt into the architecture. Read the environment, solve puzzles, and confront the blurred line between truth and illusion.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Horror 25.1%, Investigation 14.7%, Casual 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Experience the birthday party from hell. Face your demons - both psychological and mechanical. Kill plush toys, evade demonic animatronics and possessed puppets… Aaaannnnnd…discover the truth about your evil clown father. Yes, your own father…

Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.1%, Horror 38.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Puzzle 7.7%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Make coffee. Answer the phone. Hope it stays quiet.

Why similar: Investigation 32.2%, Psychological Horror 27.2%, Horror 19.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Puzzle 4.3%

Seclusion: Islesbury is a mystery/horror adventure game with a focus on creating an absorbing journey. In this journey, you will explore various locations with countless mysteries to solve while trying to stay out of the madness that surrounds the town.

Why similar: Investigation 28.9%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 18%, Adventure 13%, Atmospheric 10.8%

It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Only half of the rooms are safe. When you enter an unsafe room, you must leave immediately. Ghosts can be dispelled with a flute or a guitar.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.8%, Horror 31%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Monitor the witches. Report the anomalies. If you fail… they will stop being witches.A short horror game where you care for witches while reporting anomalies.Manager must monitor witches between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM.The witches become unstable, and may cause anomalies.Report these via the monitor.

Why similar: Investigation 30.6%, Psychological Horror 26%, Horror 21.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Puzzle 4.9%

Neurophobia is a personal first-person decryption exploration. In order to get rid of neurological symptoms, the protagonist woke up from a coma for unknown reasons and has come to the research institute. As one of the former researchers, he came to explore the true face of it.

Why similar: Investigation 33.9%, Horror 29.8%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.2%, Horror 31.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%

A short first-person narrative puzzle horror game about cataloging and restoring museum statues while uncovering unsettling inconsistencies.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Investigation 26.9%, Horror 25.8%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Puzzle 4.7%

A first-person Backrooms game where you have to wait for PATROL to rescue you. In the meantime, you try to stay safe.

Why similar: Investigation 33.8%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Horror 24%, Puzzle 6.1%, Adventure 4.5%

Jeremy, No! Is a spot the difference horror game where you are babysitting a poltergeist named Jeremy. Jeremy isn’t allowed to move stuff around or invite any “friends”, so carefully look at the rooms and call him out if anything has changed. Don’t let Jeremy get away with too many shenanigans...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32%, Horror 24.2%, Investigation 21.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Puzzle 5.3%

A first-person psychological horror game where you explore an abandoned industrial facility, solve environmental puzzles, unlock sealed maintenance routes, and use hands-on interactions as the building reacts to your presence.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 38.3%, Horror 37.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 6.1%, Puzzle 3.9%

Putridum - Psychological dark horror in which the player will have to explore a large dark hous with only a weak flashlight, look for the right things, not be caught and find a way to escape from there.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 33.8%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

The Guestlist is a horror game where you play as a traveler who gets trapped in a hotel during a thunderstorm. The eccentric and strange guest is your only company, but as you talk to them, you'll uncover the hotel's dark history.

Why similar: Investigation 33.1%, Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 29.6%, Adventure 4.9%, Singleplayer 2%

Hide and Sink is a VHS horror game that tells a story about a group of elementary kids whose after-school hide-and-seek becomes uncanny terror.

Why similar: Horror 36.7%, Psychological Horror 32%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 3.8%

Backrooms: Reminiscence is a single-player horror game where you experience something unexpected, and now you're left all alone in the cold world of The Backrooms.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.2%, Horror 31.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%

4D Minesweeper brings the classic mechanics of Minesweeper into the fourth dimension and adds some new features to it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 62.1%, Horror 17.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 5.5%

What starts as strange phone calls from a unknown stranger who sometimes just breaths, Eerie creeks and sounds through out the house soon turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. The calls might just be coming from INSIDE the house!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Investigation 30.2%, Horror 28.8%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Casual 3.6%

An atmospheric, slow-burn psychological horror from a first-person view. Uncover a night that gradually fractures into blurred lines between reality and illusion — and face what should’ve stayed hidden.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.5%, Horror 38.9%, Casual 8.3%, Adventure 3.3%

“What is going on?” is a anomaly detection & survival horror game. Players take the role of a lone resident who must endure five nights, using limited flashlight and CCTV to survive. Strange anomalies and entities invade the home, and the player must detect, defend, and hide to stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Investigation 25.6%, Horror 24.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Puzzle 6.1%

a p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t horror game

Why similar: Psychological Horror 47.3%, Horror 47.1%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Investigate a family’s gruesome fate, communicate using your microphone to uncover the truth, and hide from the spirit. Film the whole experience in your camcorder for the world to see.

Why similar: Investigation 31.6%, Psychological Horror 25.4%, Horror 23.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 5.1%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 31.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Puzzle 5.1%

In this horror adventure, your only weapons are ink, paper, and will. Explore shifting paths, chart them by hand, and uncover ancient secrets buried beneath root and stone. Every step takes its toll.

Why similar: Horror 43.5%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

In the early 2010s, a housewife known as “Dahlia” was reported missing after running away from home. Her husband, Bowo, filed a report with the police, but the investigation yielded no results. With no clear answers, Bowo decided to investigate the case on his own.

Why similar: Investigation 31.4%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Horror 25.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 3.5%

On April Fool’s Day, the protagonist is caught in eerie supernatural events! As you investigate, uncover the truth behind a past tragedy. Explore chilling scenes, solve mysteries, and face unknown fears—can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 35.1%, Psychological Horror 33.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 7.3%

A first-person psychological horror set in a Japanese train station after the last departure. The station knows your name. Something is watching. What is seen cannot be unseen. 終電後の日本の駅を舞台にした、一人称視点のサイコロジカルホラー。駅は、あなたの名前を知っている。何かが、見ている。一度見たものは、二度と見なかったことにはできない。

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40%, Horror 29.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Puzzle 6.3%

Domovoy is a psychological horror game from the first person, the game takes place in a Soviet apartment in the late 80s. Are you ready to meet the Domovoy?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.4%, Horror 38.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Casual 5.3%, Puzzle 3.1%

Gulman 4: Still alive – is a single-player first-person shooter by Svyatoslav Gulyaev.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 61.9%, Horror 23.8%, Atmospheric 12%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Fidelity is an atmospheric puzzle game, based around losing touch with reality. You must break free from your loop by finding all the flaws in your surroundings.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.1%, Horror 30.8%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Casual 13%, Puzzle 7.7%