- #1 Mythic Ocean: Prologue
97% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2019
Dev: Paralune LLC
Windows
Get to know the gods! This preview will give you a first glimpse into the world of Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Underwater 31.7% ★, Indie 23.2%, Exploration 5.6%
- #2 Saturnine
96% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Dominik MichalkePub: 70:30
Windows · Mac
Saturnine - a horror survival adventure. In Saturnine you will explore abandoned villages and the woods of Nearna. But beware: Nightfall comes closer and something mystifying and evil is awaiting you in the shadows of the darkness!
Why similar: Adventure 41.2%, Indie 29.1%, Survival 15.3%, Horror 14.3%
- #3 Araha : Curse of Yieun Island
96% matchMixed60% of 384 reviews2020
Dev: Palmsoft
Windows
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more.
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 31.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #4 Barren Depths
94% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle Obranovic
Windows
Escape a confusing cave system without being eaten in this short, underwater horror game.
Why similar: Underwater 48.9% ★, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 11.8%, Adventure 5.9%, First-Person 5.9%
- #5 The Mine
95% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Stepanov Dmitriy
Windows
You will find a fascinating and frightening adventure through the old mine in Soviet Union, where you have to hide from enemies in order to survive and figure out what else hiding the old mine
Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Survival Horror 28.4%, Indie 22.8%, Horror 16.6%
- #6 Slender Myth
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steel Rain StudiosPub: Steel Rain Publishing
Windows
After years of being dormant the myth is put to the test and unfortunately it is true. Explore the forest, piece together the past of this cursed place and put the myth to rest once and for all. This task won't be easy as you are not the only one within the forest. Based on character by Eric Knudsen
Why similar: Adventure 27.3%, Survival Horror 23.1%, Horror 16.9%, First-Person 13.9%, 3D 10.5%
- #7 Shattered
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Devin Eastmond
Windows · Mac
You're alone. Abandoned. Terrified. You suddenly notice you no longer hear crickets chirping around you. Something breathes behind you. You turn around, and then you see it. One eye glows brighter than the other. His warts ooze a glowing, green puss. No one will come back to save you.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Indie 20.8%, Horror 13.2%, First-Person 10.3%
- #8 Sharks and Minnows
89% matchVery Positive92% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: CollinPub: Collin's Game Company
Windows
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
Why similar: Underwater 43.2% ★, Indie 26.3%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 12.1%
- #9 Boston Nursing Home
93% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Siyuan Studio
Windows
Boston Nursing Home is a First-Person Indie Horror Game. There’s luggage stacked on the ground, bloodstains on the wall. What happened here and why did people move out in such a hurry? What unpredictable disaster made everything lose control? The truth, is waiting to be uncovered...
Why similar: Survival Horror 24%, Adventure 22.6%, Horror 17.7%, Indie 17.7%, Exploration 6.7%
- #10 Fantastic Fishing
92% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: The Periodic Group
Windows
Explore a vast underwater world populated by a huge variety of fish and aquatic creatures. Catch them and sell them to upgrade your submarine and dive deeper. But what lurks at the bottom of sea?
Why similar: Adventure 32.2%, Underwater 31.6% ★, Indie 23.3%, Horror 7.2%, Exploration 5.6%
- #11 Mythic Ocean
91% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2020
Dev: Paralune LLCPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Teach the gods to create a better universe - or mess it all up in Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Underwater 45.6% ★, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 20.4%, Exploration 6.1%
- #12 Manor Maze
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fieldtenstein
Windows
Have you ever dreamed about being trapped in a manor where the architecture is a maze? Understandable, but unfortunately that will be happening. Where each maze has its own mechanic, will you be able to decipher them to free yourself from a place where it seems like you have no allies.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.1%, Indie 24.8%, Horror 18.5%, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 11%
- #13 Subnautica 2
80% matchVery Positive91% of 128,024 reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 39.5% ★, Survival 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #14 Ceto-7
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: M.A.D Lad Games
Windows
Ceto-7 is a single-player underwater survival horror. Play as a salvage diver navigating a flooded alien mining facility, hunted by an apex predator, and hired to destroy sensitive corporate data. The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to ignore what you've been hired to bury.
Why similar: Underwater 46.7% ★, Survival Horror 19.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Survival 9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #15 Gevaudan
89% matchMixed55% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Nicolas BernardPub: Microids Indie
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Escape the Beast and overcome your own fear.
Why similar: Adventure 31%, Indie 30.2%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Horror 16.4%
- #16 Nurek (1982)
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Raul Meza
Windows
You take on the role of a diver who has been kidnapped by an organization that is using you to find some ancient artifacts. They have tried to obtain these artifacts in the same way but have failed, and they will not rest until they have them and place them on a statue.
Why similar: Underwater 39.6% ★, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 10%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #17 Narcosis
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,469 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: Underwater 39.9% ★, Survival Horror 16.5%, Horror 13.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 8.5%
- #18 Duder
87% matchMostly Negative30% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: HorrorC
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 7%
Duder is a new horror with the familiar game concept, an unusual ending and full immersion in an atmosphere of fear in which you have to explore the dense forest and escape from the terrible creature that will haunt you everywhere.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Indie 19.4%, Survival 18.7%, Horror 14.6%
- #19 Blood Field | Cỏ Máu
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: TEGA Studio
Windows
Explore a sinister world with environments based on Vietnam culture and a storyline inspired by Vietnam myths and folklore.
Why similar: Adventure 31.6%, Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 17.1%, Indie 14.8%, First-Person 10.3%
- #20 The Echo Escape
81% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: mumumu
Windows
Escape from the suspicious space by eluding [them].
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.6%, Horror 17%, Indie 16.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Survival 9.1%
- #21 Woodlands
86% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
Dev: Acuze Interactives
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.
Why similar: Indie 25.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Survival 20.8%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 10.9%
- #22 Saturation
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pawdventure Games
Windows · Linux
Saturation is a short horror game where you work as a saturation diver and deep sea welder. After six months at the bottom of the ocean, your shift is coming to an end, but so are your nerves...
Why similar: Underwater 47.2% ★, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 10.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7%
- #23 Last in Orbit
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Dapper Rabbit Games
Windows
Last in Orbit is a Horror game with a focus on surviving a A.I. gone Crazy. Your the first to arrive on a new space station meant for human living but in the preparations ahead you found out that the A.I.
Why similar: Adventure 48.5%, Indie 34.3%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #24 Days Under Custody
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Abraham CarreolaPub: Groupees Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Days Under Custody is a title made as a classic horror adventure game where a dramatic story, unique puzzles and an enemy stalking you all the time, will test and keep you tense to discover the history behind a lot of inexplicable events.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Indie 27%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Horror 15.2%
- #25 Silent Wreckage|寂靜沉輪
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeepEcho
Windows
Dive into a sunken ocean liner lost in the deep sea. In this narrative-driven 3D survival horror puzzle game, explore a claustrophobic environment while managing limited air resources, solving puzzles, evading unknown horrors, and uncovering the truth behind a distortion of time and space.
Why similar: Underwater 39.6% ★, Survival Horror 20%, Adventure 14.2%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 5.6%
- #26 Dead Sea - Director's cut remaster
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Brave Men GamesPub: Wisefool Studio
Windows
A girl lost in the ocean infested by sharks. will you be able to make her survive, swimming without drawing attention of sharks? You will face a new breed of sharks more deadly than the great white shark, which leaves behind a trail of death and blood.
Why similar: Underwater 27.2% ★, Adventure 23%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Horror 10.6%, Survival 9.9%
- #27 Don't Go into the Woods
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Clecota Games
Windows
A 10 year old boy, lost in the woods, must rescue his sister and find his way home. Explore, survive, and craft tools to help navigate the woods, help the local creatures, and find a way to escape the woods before you lose your mind.
Why similar: Adventure 52.2%, Indie 25.8%, Survival 22%
- #28 Gospel of Steel
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marinex Studio
Windows
Gospel Of Steel is a first-person deep-sea welding horror game set in the shadow of a dying, bio-mechanical god. While employed by a cult, the player explores the depths alone, repairing pipelines and fending off the hostile ecosystem.
Why similar: Underwater 59% ★, Horror 12.7%, Adventure 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Indie 5.8%
- #29 OBSCURIA
73% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: ARANJA GAMESPub: ARANJA STUDIO
Windows
After the largest cruise ship in the world suffered a shipwreck and was invaded by ghosts, you must find Captain Blackhood after he disappeared, enter the great Nocturne and investigate all the secrets and mysteries.
Why similar: Indie 32%, Adventure 29.7%, Horror 16.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #30 Submechanic
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: littlezander
Windows
Submechanic is a short horror game where you take an after-hours maintenance job at Captain Frill's Bar and Grill. You're required to climb down into the tanks in order to perform various repairs.
Why similar: Underwater 53.2% ★, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 5.7%
- #31 Adohiinage
69% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Geek Fried Maters Studio
Windows
A survival horror experience set in a cursed forest. Players must explore, solve puzzles, and evade terrifying creatures lurking in the shadows. With relentless tension, a haunting atmosphere, and monsters hiding within the woods. Survival depends on wit, and instinct.
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 13.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #32 Dimmed Light
68% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: PixelGusePub: Derevo Games
Windows
You are an experienced urbex, who has set sights on another abandoned factory. But, having prepared for the hunt for adventures, you could not even think that they would be hunting you! What happened here?! The mystery will only be revealed by the light of the flashlight...
Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Indie 27.5%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Horror 12.4%
- #33 Skeleton Island
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riabets Artem
Windows
# Short Description Survive on a mysterious island, gather resources, craft weapons and explore dangerous locations while uncovering the dark secrets hidden within. Fight enemies, survive the island and prepare yourself for the final battle.
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Indie 15.1%, Survival 12.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #34 Gone Astray
78% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Tom-Erik Nielsen
Windows
Gone Astray is a First-Person survival horror game which features rich atmosphere, believable interior and exterior environments.
Why similar: Indie 34.9%, Survival Horror 31.9%, Horror 17.2%, Adventure 16%
- #35 After... Prologue
66% matchNo user reviews50% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Grozny23Pub: SGS
Windows
After... This is a survival simulator set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the abandoned city, scavenge for supplies, and try to stay alive. Avoid the infected they’re fast, ruthless, and deadly. In this world, the only person you can truly rely on… is yourself.
Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Survival 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%, First-Person 10.3%
- #36 Damnaze
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: INGO
Windows
You were taken into this damn maze, but you are not the first, and you are not the last.Here you do not have friends.You have only hope for salvation. To escape from this place you can use absolutely everything that you have found.
Why similar: Adventure 48.7%, Indie 34.4%, Horror 16.9%
- #37 INFECTIS
76% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Hazy and disoriented, you awake in a prison cell with no memory of who you are or why you're here. Break free of your isolation and explore the abandoned hallways for a way out, guided by mysterious messages warning you to avoid the basement.
Why similar: Adventure 22.9%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Indie 16.2%, Survival 13.8%, Horror 11.8%
- #38 Diving into abyss
65% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Springbok
Windows
Diving into Abyss is a cave diving horror game with Photorealistic graphics. It's not just a diving simulation. It's a deep-sea survival horror that needs to survive suffocating closure fears and unidentified beings.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.3%, Horror 17.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Underwater 12.4% ★, Indie 12%
- #39 Brine
79% matchMostly Negative26% of 383 reviews2016
Dev: BrineTeam
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Stranded at an Island, the Vessel is broked, do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Adventure 45.1%, Indie 29.8%, Survival 25.1%
- #40 TARO IS BACK
62% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: BeforeHomeWorksPub: 株式会社闇
Windows
A video you must never play. What happened to the influencer who vanished?
Why similar: Underwater 37.2% ★, Adventure 16.4%, Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #41 Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor Studios
Windows
Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.
Why similar: Adventure 53.6%, Indie 32.3%, Horror 14.1%
- #42 Chicken in the Darkness
74% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Jaesung KimPub: BukGwak
Windows
The game "Chicken in the darkness" is a roguelike-indie-horror game developed by 3 highschool students. The main character, a highschool student who lives in a dorm, plans with his friends to order a fried chicken and get delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 34.7%, Horror 19.3%
- #43 Riot of Willy
69% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Too Production
Windows
Is a horror game with an adventure twist. Your task is to solve puzzles and not to get caught by monsters. They all hear and see you, so be careful. Explore the locations and survive in this thrilling horror game
Why similar: Adventure 31.5%, Horror 23.4%, Indie 17.9%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 11%
- #44 UNIDENTIFIED
78% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: DARKSIDEMOON
Windows
Let's play the game in the form of relive the record of the escape that remains as a video.
Why similar: Adventure 49.4%, Indie 34.9%, Horror 15.8%
- #45 Deep Sorrow
75% matchMixed49% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 30.7%, Indie 21.1%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Survival 12.5%, Horror 12.2%
- #46 Abyssal Rust
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inmersionbit
Windows
Navigate an open-world ocean in a rusted submarine with monstrous creatures lurking in the depths. Collect artifacts, upgrade your submarine and descend into even deeper waters. If you didn’t fear the deep sea before, now you will.
Why similar: Underwater 42.2% ★, Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 10.6%, Survival 10.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #47 Deep Drift Signal Below
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LU WEI
Windows
Dive into a beautiful yet deadly pixel deep sea and track unknown signals from the abyss. Manage oxygen, pressure, currents, and creatures while exploring. Capture life with a harpoon, find relics and chests, upgrade gear, and face hidden giants. The deeper you go, the greater the risk.
Why similar: Underwater 52.4% ★, Adventure 20.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Indie 8.8%, Survival 7%
- #48 The Darkest Woods
73% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 32.5%, Horror 21.5%
- #49 Eleusis
75% matchMixed57% of 366 reviews2013
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.
Why similar: Adventure 40%, Indie 26.1%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 13.5%, 3D 3.8%
- #50 Zaru
62% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Ascent Games Ltd
Windows
Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Horror 15%, First-Person 12.9%, 3D 9.1%
- #51 Shadows 2: Perfidia
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 283 reviews2017
Dev: MrCiastkuPub: IceTorch Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Shadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.
Why similar: Adventure 60.4%, Survival Horror 16%, Indie 13.2%, Horror 10.3%
- #52 LiveMeat活肉
63% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: 做阴游的林某
Windows
This is a first person single player horror adventure game. You need to sneak or run in the scene to avoid monsters, search for resources to survive, and find a way to leave.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.4%, Adventure 22.4%, Horror 16.8%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 7.8%
- #53 PLURA
63% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Park JiseongPub: VVC GAMES
Windows
This Game is Casual 3D Horror Game.
Why similar: Underwater 30.8% ★, Survival Horror 24.6%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Exploration 7%
- #54 Inner Riddle
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Indie 41.4%