- #1 The Moon Sliver
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,158 reviews2014
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Horror 8.7%, Dark 7.2%
- #2 World of One
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Difficult 15.6%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 11.5%
- #3 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,603 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.7%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 13.4%, Horror 12.4%, Atmospheric 10%
- #4 Project Liminal 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Platformer 24.9%, Minimalist 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, Dark 10.3%
- #5 Northern Lights
95% matchMixed48% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
While the Great Stargazer is deeply sleeping, the Celestial Guardians protect the equilibrium of the forgotten world…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.5%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #6 Psalm 2
93% matchVery Positive89% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NotexPub: N4bA
Windows
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.8%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Cinematic 8.8%
- #7 NIGHTSLINK
94% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.9%, Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 16.5%, Horror 10.4%, Cinematic 9.4%
- #8 The Hotel
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Constant ArtPub: Constant_Art
Windows
The Hotel is a psychological horror thriller in which the player will have to face the evil living within the walls of a lonely hotel. But more importantly, the player will have to decide what this evil is to him. Maybe the nature of this evil is deeper than it seems at first glance.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.3%
- #9 OVERWHELM
91% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Platformer 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Difficult 18.2%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 9%
- #10 Beyond The Evil
91% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Mystery 20%, Horror 18.8%, Puzzle 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%
- #11 The Echo Paradox
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Horror 13%, Mystery 10.9%, Dark 10.1%
- #12 Seen
89% matchVery Positive91% of 9,952 reviews2019
Dev: Seen Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Dark 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Side Scroller 7.7%
- #13 Mortal Decay
89% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.5%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Horror 15.5%, Dark 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #14 Within Skerry
88% matchVery Positive81% of 294 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 13%, Mystery 12.5%, Dark 12.2%
- #15 Dark Atlas: Infernum
86% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Night Council StudioPub: Selecta Play
Windows
If hell is a state of the soul, these are the steps that will lead you to its gates. Dark Atlas: Infernum is a disturbing first-person story where an esoteric end of the world meets psychological survival horror with a strong narrative component.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.5%, Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12.6%
- #16 SIGNALIS
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 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: Psychological Horror 39.5%, Cinematic 14.5%, Dark 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #17 A Day Without Me
87% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: Gamecom Team
Windows
You wake up in an unknown city. A city without people, a city completely deserted. But you’re not alone. There's something out there, something strange, something terrifying. Somehow, you know your only way out is to figure out why you're the only one left when everyone else is gone.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 15.4%, Horror 10.6%, Minimalist 9.9%
- #18 Perfect Vermin
85% matchVery Positive93% of 3,830 reviews2020
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Surreal 20.4%, Dark 13%, Horror 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%
- #19 The Desolate Hope
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,784 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.
Why similar: Platformer 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #20 ROUTINE
82% matchVery Positive92% of 7,023 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Cinematic 19.3%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #21 Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,597 reviews2014
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
Why similar: Cinematic 17%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Platformer 10.3%
- #22 Astray
84% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Aegon Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Horror 25.3%, Dark 17.7%, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 10%
- #23 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
79% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.5%, Mystery 9.8%
- #24 AUTO-CRISIS
79% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: The Otherworldly Studios
Windows
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Surreal 15.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Dark 11.1%, Cinematic 10.1%
- #25 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
81% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark 11.5%, Mystery 10.8%, Surreal 10.7%
- #26 After Death
81% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Horror 11.1%, 2D 6.5%
- #27 CoRoT
78% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Azteck Game Studios
Windows
CoRoT is a first-person psychological meta-horror game. Search for cassettes in a transforming house, unraveling its macabre past. A sinister atmosphere surrounds you as you try to understand what's happening and where you really are. Can you discover the truth hidden in its walls?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.3%, Surreal 19.1%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 8.8%
- #28 Sands
80% matchMixed52% of 315 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Hutkouski
Windows
"The sands have no pity." The inhabitants of Zetta-115 often say that. The same they instill in their children from an early age. And this is what they whisper about, sitting in their dilapidated shacks, waiting for the impending storm...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Cinematic 20.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.8%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #29 HYNPYTOL
76% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: base0
Windows · Mac
They're coming. There's no hope. Still, you're a HYNPYTOL.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.3%, Mystery 23.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #30 INHUMAN
77% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: 秋太虚工作室Pub: QutosoGame
Windows
"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: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%
- #31 RATUZ
75% matchVery Positive88% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Coffee Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Difficult 19.3%, Horror 14%, Mystery 11.8%, Platformer 11.1%
- #32 Devious Path
74% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: AAD Games
Windows
You are trapped in an endless astral world. Keep a close eye on your surroundings to get out of the astral world.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 68.2%, Walking Simulator 29.5%, Casual 2.2%
- #33 Isolation
78% matchMixed42% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Interactive Gaming Studios
Windows
The plague destroyed the world you once knew. This unknown bacteria destroyed the lives of many people who lived in various countries around the world. When the plague was first identified by doctors, researchers started working on a cure immediately. The infected people were transported into hospitals to isolate them from other people.
Why similar: Horror 100%
- #34 The Survey
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 832 reviews2016
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 9.8%
- #35 Plastomorphosis
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Evacuated from their hometown due to dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality where living as a human is no longer possible as it once was. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.2%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%
- #36 Synthesis of Corruption
73% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.
Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Puzzle 21.5%, Story Rich 20.6%, Atmospheric 18.5%
- #37 Grimind
77% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Platformer 41.4%, Side Scroller 23.9%, Horror 19.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, 2D 6%
- #38 No, I'm not a Human
70% matchVery Positive93% of 28,177 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 35.4%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #39 Paratopic
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 24.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Horror 14.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
- #40 Reflection
71% matchVery Positive84% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.4%, Mystery 10.3%
- #41 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,304 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 9.8%
- #42 OVIVO
72% matchVery Positive90% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: IzHard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.
Why similar: Difficult 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Cinematic 11.2%, Minimalist 11%, Platformer 10.1%
- #43 Zapling Bygone
71% matchVery Positive80% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: 9FingerGames
Windows
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.8%, Horror 22.7%, Platformer 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, 2D 7.5%
- #44 STARBO - The Story of Leo Cornell
73% matchMixed62% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Diax Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
STARBO tells you the story of a dead man's journey through a mysteriously blue world filled with strange messages and beings all trying to tell you a story, the story of Leo Cornell.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Mystery 9.4%, Horror 9.2%
- #45 Mouthwashing
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,697 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 12.9%, Horror 10.7%, Dark 9.2%
- #46 Closure
72% matchVery Positive85% of 993 reviews2012
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
Why similar: Platformer 22.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Surreal 15.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%
- #47 The Tribulation Entanglement
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 15.5%, Difficult 13.9%, Dark 10.4%
- #48 VOID CRAWLER
69% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Ricardo Pratas
Windows
Void Crawler is a horror game set in a dystopian future, where you pilot a vehicle nicknamed 'The Mole' into a mysterious void deep within the Earth to collect an extremely valuable material for a company dedicated to solving the world's energy crisis.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.3%, Surreal 23.6%, Horror 15.9%, Dark 14.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #49 Mist
68% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: 43N34SPub: Nota Art
Windows
Short atmospheric first person horror game with elements of quest and shooter about being lost in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by weird mist.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.2%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Horror 16.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #50 Eclipsium
65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,055 reviews2025
Dev: HousefirePub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Surreal 17.8%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Horror 9.3%
- #51 Underwater
70% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.6%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Mystery 14.8%, Dark 10.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #52 Bad Dream: Fever
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,319 reviews2018
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.6%, Horror 22.5%, Platformer 10.3%, Atmospheric 9%, 2D 5.1%
- #53 Rise of Insanity
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Walking Simulator 15%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Horror 11.8%, Surreal 10.9%
- #54 Ad Infinitum
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,511 reviews2023
Dev: HekatePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.7%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 15.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Mystery 8%
- #55 Luto
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Cinematic 16.7%, Dark 11.3%, Mystery 9%
- #56 Lunar Nightmare
67% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Lunar Nightmare is a retro-inspired sci-fi thriller, set on an abandoned Moon base, where you have to solve the mystery behind missing crew members, ancient discoveries around deep down the Lunar surface, rouge-AI trying to control your fate and ghastly androids to revolting against your command.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.2%, Horror 28%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #57 Solarix
70% matchMixed63% of 486 reviews2015
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Solarix is a science-fiction stealth/horror game, set in world that overpowers you with unease, insecurity, and desperation, forcing you to confront your own role in the horrors to come.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Horror 34.7%, Story Rich 21.8%, Singleplayer 3%
- #58 Krimson
66% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: CryingPsychoPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Krimson is a challenging gritty rhythm platformer featuring heavy electronic metal music. You're an unknown spawn going through a hellish world as it moves rhythmically to the music. One wrong move means death but the checkpoints are often and death is very short.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Dark 15.6%, Platformer 15.5%, Horror 13.9%, Puzzle 9%
- #59 Dreamless
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Setone GamesPub: Limansia Fears
Windows
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Dark 14.8%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 8.8%