- #1 The 8th Day
97% matchMostly Negative23% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Tainted GamesPub: TAINTED GAMES
Windows
Trapped in an abandoned asylum. The only feeling of safety is light. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind every corner lurks an evil presence and horrifying noises...
Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Violent 31.2%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Indie 7.9%
- #2 ENDURE
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noir Studios
Windows
ENDURE is a randomly generated psychological horror experience, focusing on individual phobias to create the most terrifying experience possible.
Why similar: Gore 33.1%, Violent 30%, Indie 20.4%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Horror 6.7%
- #3 Follow My Footsteps
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edvardas ŠneiderisPub: Lukas Litinskas
Windows
This is horror VR game with puzzle elements and deep story line that you have to unfold when you play this game. You have to learn everything about this new house and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 37.7%, Violent 34.3%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.1%, Indie 8.7%
- #4 Near Death Experience
96% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Distorted Games
Windows
Near Death Experience is a defensless horror game that puts you in the mind of a car crash victim that lost his memory and finds himself in a threatening and unknown area. The player has to solve riddles to try to regain his memory while running from dark forces.
Why similar: Gore 32.9%, Violent 31.2%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 8.3%
- #5 Prelude: Psychological Horror Game
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: Juan P Dev
Windows · Mac
This game is not for everyone, do you have what it takes to unravel the secrets behind this... thing? Are you ready to face the truth and question your own existence? You've been warned...
Why similar: Gore 35.6%, Violent 32.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 8.6%, Indie 8.2%
- #6 The Road to Hades
95% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: AUTOSAVE
Windows
TRTH(The road to hades) is a horror adventure game full of Asian myths and art. Guide the girl safely in the world of the dead. Welcome to a new game you have not experienced.
Why similar: Gore 39.5%, Violent 34.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Indie 8.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #7 IMMURE
92% matchVery Positive93% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Wither Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
IMMURE is a story driven, psychological horror game. Will, the protagonist, has found himself trapped inside a foreboding Mansion with no exit. To escape, he must travel through strange doors which lead into other dimensions, filled with tormented souls.
Why similar: Gore 36.1%, Violent 33.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 10.1%, Indie 8.1%
- #8 Banished Monsters
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: VTC
Windows
Follow the story of a Fomorian bunny, a creature that gets banished to earth and has to adapt to earth and its lifestyle.
Why similar: Gore 41.4%, Violent 37.6%, Indie 9.6%, Horror 5.7%, Psychological Horror 5.7%
- #9 The Emulator
91% matchMixed61% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: concluse_dev
Windows · Mac
It's the night before Halloween and a new terror is about to be unleashed from the deep web.. The Emulator!
Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Violent 33.5%, Horror 9.5%, Survival Horror 8.1%, Indie 7.6%
- #10 Skyland 1976
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: Simon CLAVEL
Windows
You are Simon Hopper who tries to find his missing sister Alice. Near the scene of the events stands Skyland, a secret government facility. You are convinced that Skyland members are responsible for her abduction. Break into the military base and discover the truth...
Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 33.7%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Indie 8.3%, Horror 5.8%
- #11 Day: 40
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Andrew Grbac
Windows
The journey began with the deluge of rain which flooded the earth for 39 days. On day 40, it stops. Mysteries can be discovered and solved while facing gruesome enemies along the way. Experience thrilling survival horror combined with first person combat in an open world full of exploration.
Why similar: Gore 37.4%, Violent 33.9%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #12 Chronophobia
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Monkehs Studios
Windows
Today was the day that you died... according to the record. Now you must fight your way back to your timeline and prevent the horrors that inhabit The Void from escaping with you.
Why similar: Gore 37.2%, Violent 33.8%, Survival Horror 11%, FPS 9.3%, Indie 8.6%
- #13 Agoraphobia "Knock Knock"
87% matchMostly Negative36% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Tainted Games
Windows
Agoraphobia" Knock Knock" is a psychological survival horror game.
Why similar: Gore 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Violent 17.6%, FPS 17%, Horror 12.9%
- #14 Timore 6
88% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2018
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Timore 6 is an indie horror game about facing your inner demons in order to save your child.
Why similar: Gore 45.2%, Violent 29.5%, Indie 10.4%, Horror 7.7%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #15 UnderBackrooms
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: okeyplaystudio
Windows
UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.
Why similar: Gore 34.7%, Violent 31.5%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Indie 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #16 Khaos Wind
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: JT MitchellPub: Dos Gatitos Games
Windows
How long will you survive?
Why similar: Gore 36.8%, Violent 35%, FPS 10.8%, Horror 8.8%, Indie 8.5%
- #17 Beyond
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Tired Dad Games
Windows
Your grandma has died. No one knows how or why. You are the sole beneficiary of her will. Heed the warning in her will as you investigate her death. Explore, investigate, and survive.
Why similar: Gore 41.5%, Violent 37.7%, Horror 10.7%, Indie 10.1%
- #18 INVITATION
85% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: XIV STUDIO
Windows
Let's hope to survive INVITATION, a first-person survival horror game developed by Korean university students. As Max, a graduate of Brownstone School and the subject of the experiment, Explore schools like hell and discover the terrible secrets behind them. Find a way to escape and avoid it to survive. Good luck.
Why similar: Gore 34.1%, Violent 29.6%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 8.4%, Indie 7.5%
- #19 The Dark Wish
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitRay Studio
Windows
The Dark Wish is adventure horror game. Are you brave enough to discover true?
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #20 Unsacrifice
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unreal SpiritPub: Daniel Muñoz Michán
Windows
Unsacrifice is a classic survival horror game compile in a solo campaign. You will play as a priest apprendice, lost in a world full of mysteries, hidden dangers and deformed creatures that the player has to escape from.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #21 Bloom
82% matchMostly Positive68% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: Cyberius Dei
Windows
Fight your way through the hordes of demon summoners to destroy the black flower before it BLOOMS...spilling rivers of pixelated blood to psychedelic noise metal tunes in this classic frenetic action FPS indie game!
Why similar: Gore 42.9%, Violent 27.3%, FPS 11.3%, Indie 10.2%, Horror 8.3%
- #22 The Mors
83% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Joseph LloydPub: Evallis Entertainment
Windows
The Mors is an intense and terrifying dive into the darkness, as you are thrown through diverse locations and horrific events, the pressure continuing to rise as you try to escape. Use anything at your disposal to survive as you run and hide from the horrors that hunt for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Gore 30%, Violent 28.6%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Horror 12.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #23 Aylin: The Story of Tom
70% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: SkorBartStudioPub: SkorBartInteractive
Windows
A psychological horror adventure where you explore an abandoned hospital, solve environmental puzzles, and escape deadly supernatural forces to save your daughter.
Why similar: Gore 50.1%, Violent 29.3%, Indie 7.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Horror 6.3%
- #24 Get Out
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: TheTeam.Ninja
Windows · Mac · Linux
A first-person horror game in which you play Carl, who just woke up after hearing strange noises in his attic.
Why similar: Gore 43.2%, Violent 39.2%, Indie 10%, Horror 7.6%
- #25 Doors Quest Demo
80% matchVery Positive85% of 172 reviews2018
Dev: Nick Page!
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Wow, it's Doors Quest Demo! You gotta go through the door if you wanna win the game!
Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Violent 41.6%, Indie 12.6%
- #26 Zero spring episode 1 English translation version
81% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Sonic-AlphaPub: NS
Windows
One day she brought home the spring water. A story about mysterious water begins now. This game is an FPS game created using the GameGuru FPS engine. This is Sonic Alpha's first work.
Why similar: Gore 39.3%, Violent 34.6%, Indie 9.1%, FPS 6.5%, Horror 5.2%
- #27 Lone Leader
82% matchMostly Negative35% of 366 reviews2016
Dev: SirGoosePub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lone Leader is a unique zombie apocalypse survival game. Your only aim in life is to survive. Explore the spine chilling open world map in a quest to survive.
Why similar: Gore 31.7%, Violent 28.8%, Indie 16.1%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 9.8%
- #28 Another Bad Day in the Future
64% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alex SullivanPub: Wandering Research & Development
Windows
Another bad day in the future is an open world VR espionage game. Players undertake jobs for one of four political parties in a flying city. Players traverse the city using arm swing based locomotion, grablines, and can climb all the buildings.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #29 Purgation
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Arttu TuovinenPub: Michael Callaghan
Windows
You awake gradually. You are in a dark cell. You are drifting in and out of consciousness between bouts of violent hallucinations. You are physically weak and have no memory of who you are or why you are here. You are alone and you are scared, very scared. The voices in your head tell you that you should be.
Why similar: Gore 46.5%, Violent 42.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #30 Phobia
79% matchMostly Negative29% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Horror. Nightmare. Fear. Monsters. Madness. And again ... And again ....
Why similar: Gore 43.5%, Violent 39.5%, Indie 10.1%, Horror 7%
- #31 Paradise Lost: FPS Cosmic Horror Game
78% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Juan Pedraza
Windows · Mac
An Spec Ops team was sent to a planet to investigate a disappearance of a research team. What lies beneath this god-forsaken planet?
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #32 Malavision: The Beginning
78% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Waraní Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A politician runs away upon sued corruption acts against him were proved. He gets in a private property located in the Paraguayan Chaco. As his assistant disappears, he decides to go into his quest. What is awaiting him to live has existed only in the imagination, myth and superstition.
Why similar: Gore 37.2%, Violent 33.8%, Indie 16.3%, Survival Horror 12.6%
- #33 Valerian Tales
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Color Core
Windows
Valerian Tales is a visual novel of episodic nature. Following the steps of a smuggler on his way to become a detective. But mystery, and danger are hidden and is up to you to find all clues to get the best outcome out of a foul situation.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #34 Blockiverse: Camouflage
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxicity Game StudiosPub: Boxicity Publishing
Windows
Blockiverse: Camouflage combines all the great features of modern hero shooters, mixes in a lot of characters, and add a ton of environmental interaction to create an over-the-top, fun experience.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #35 Endure
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Killa Bee Software
Windows
Endure is a 1st person shooter where you encounter endless waves of zombies. Do you have what it takes to Endure?
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #36 David Slade Mysteries: Case Files
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Gear Worx Productions
Windows
Take to the dark and violent streets of downtown Riverside, where you investigate gruesome and violent homicides using a range of Forensic tools and your wits! Inspired by the classic Police Quest adventure series, reborn & reimagined for VR.
Why similar: Gore 39.3%, Violent 35.7%, Indie 9.1%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #37 Samosbor
73% matchMixed67% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: rocketship
Windows
The player will take the role of a liquidator destroying the consequences of Samosbor in the narrow corridors of Gigakhrushchevka.
Why similar: Gore 33.4%, Violent 28.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Indie 11.4%, FPS 7.1%
- #38 Amelia's Curse
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Immosis
Windows
Amelia's Curse is an action-horror survival game built from the ground up for Virtual Reality. Experience hordes of demonic creatures as you descend into an increasingly decrepit and sinister castle to uncover the mystery behind Amelia's Curse.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #39 The Falling Nights ®
76% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Delusion Arts Entertainment, LLC
Windows
The player takes the role of Jake Lawrence, a father who will do anything to protect his daughter Rachel. Both are involved in an accident in which Rachel disappears mysteriously. Jake has to look for his daughter while strange events happen around him.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #40 The Stroke of Midnight
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Ace Of Spades StudiosPub: Ace of Spades Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rowan Cox wakes up in a barren room, alone with a mysterious girl he's never seen before. He quickly comes to realise that things are very much out of place. A full-length Mystery/Detective visual novel with an LGBT-inclusive cast.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #41 In your Shadow
74% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Zohar Neiger
Windows
"In your Shadow" is a Visual Novel that tells the story of three people: Lilly, Skyler, and Zachary. One night all of their lives change: Skyler is poisoned, Lilly is catfished, and Zachary gets a call that changes his life.
Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Violent 43.6%, Indie 10.6%
- #42 Afterdays
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nathaniel Peter Яentrow
Windows
Formerly AfterMath - a post-apoc text-based game: A week has past since the Doomsday apocalypse reeked hell upon earth on December 21, 2012. You finally have awoken in your underground bomb shelter to learn of what remains of the world around you.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #43 King's Lair
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JarthGames
Windows
King's Lair is a stealth based folk-horror game with puzzle elements. There is no combat and you must rely on your wit and composure to prevail.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #44 Dark Shores
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: LABS GamesPub: LABS
Windows
Explore and survive in Dark Shores, an experimental survival horror game that explores concepts of perma-death, branching storylines, and unscripted fear. A luxury cruise containing five young tourists crashes on a remote island, deep within the South Pacific.
Why similar: Gore 47.8%, Violent 41.6%, Indie 10.6%
- #45 Project Flesh
75% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Joe Simpson
Windows
Project Flesh is a 2D randomly generated dungeon crawler/ Rogue-like, set deep in the sewers under a nameless city, the goal is to survive and make it through all the floors, equipping yourself with the limbs of mutated creatures you kill.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #46 斩毒:黑与白(Narcotics Police:Black and White)
73% matchMixed59% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: LongWu
Windows
"Narcotics Police:Black and White" is a group of amateur production of the first person independent game, you will experience a drug trade caused by the hijacking case. Save the hostages, kill the criminal leader. And will be the police, undercover two perspectives to experience different experiences.
Why similar: Gore 47%, Violent 42.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #47 Zombie school-丧尸学院
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Populus
Windows
Use virtual reality to enter a fictional open comic world, freely experience a horrible time with black and white comics, explore the story of each character and their respective destiny and ending
Why similar: Gore 50.1%, Violent 40.5%, Indie 9.4%
- #48 Dead Man's Trail
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pie for Breakfast Studios
Windows · Mac
A survival horror adventure game about running for your life, looting, morality, and zombies.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 42.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #49 Little Terror
70% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Tainted Games
Windows
Little Terror is an interactive exploration Horror simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there.
Why similar: Gore 28.2%, Violent 25.7%, Indie 17.4%, Survival Horror 9.1%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #50 COMMUNION
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Javier F. HernandezPub: Javier Hernandez
Windows
An exploration 3D game with a non-linear history in an island full of mystery. Play with different characters along the game and tried keep them alive.
Why similar: Gore 32.3%, Violent 29.3%, Indie 28.8%, Survival Horror 9.6%
- #51 Hegis' Grasp: Evil Resurrected
73% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Odd Branch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hegis' Grasp is a story-driven, atmospheric survival horror game. Play as Henry Wood, a curious journalist investigating rumors of what is happening to the once peaceful village, Hegis. It will be up to you how this story ends, but first, you must survive the insanity of the natives within this damned place.
Why similar: Gore 37.5%, Violent 34.1%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Horror 8.6%, Indie 8.3%
- #52 Evil Park
72% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Mobsoftware
Windows
Evil Park is an atmospheric horror game, based on simulating obscure situations of distress, insecurity and anxiety.
Why similar: Violent 46.7%, Gore 34.8%, Indie 11.5%, Horror 7.1%
- #53 Entwined: The Visual Novel
55% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Modell Studio LLC
Windows
Entwined is a visual novel horror game set in a hospital. A lockdown has occurred and no one can escape. Team up with either a nurse or a patient in order to escape the hospital. Make your choice for the path ahead…
Why similar: Gore 39%, Violent 35.4%, Indie 9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Horror 7.9%
- #54 Terror
71% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Sasha-Toi
Windows
What happened with human, who stay in subway... on the all night?
Why similar: Gore 37.9%, Violent 37.8%, Horror 15.2%, Indie 9.1%
- #55 Remorses
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twistedline Games
Windows
Investigate the infamous Westbrook Mansion in 1991, deep within the Lakota Territory forests. Learn terrifying witchcraft and uncover its secrets. Sanity? Open windows, or lose it.
Why similar: Gore 24.6%, Violent 21.4%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 14.6%
- #56 UnderPath
57% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SoloqueStudios
Windows
UnderPath is a single-player horror FPS that takes you into a dark, dangerous world. Explore abandoned locations, fight zombies and demons, solve puzzles, and shape your fate in an atmospheric open world filled with challenges.
Why similar: Gore 39.4%, Violent 35.8%, Indie 13.7%, Survival Horror 11.2%
- #57 Roots of Insanity
70% matchMixed67% of 439 reviews2017
Dev: Crania Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Why similar: Gore 33.5%, Violent 27%, Horror 15.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Indie 8.2%