- #1 Trucker Horror
97% matchMixed66% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Fireplay Studio
Windows
The main character is a truck driver. Along the way, he finds a road that is not on the map and drives along it. On the road, abandoned cars and abandoned gas stations are a place shrouded in horror, secrets and mysteries. Soon the hero realizes that someone is watching him...
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Dark 15.9%, Realistic 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12%
- #2 Drive Me to Hell
96% matchVery Positive90% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Dark 19.8%, First-Person 18.1%, Exploration 17.7%, 3D 11.4%
- #3 Ad Infernum
96% matchVery Positive94% of 88 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: Lovecraftian 19%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 16%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #4 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
94% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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: Lovecraftian 16.3%, Walking Simulator 12%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 10.1%
- #5 NIGHTSLINK
95% 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: Surreal 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 11%, First-Person 7.4%
- #6 TRAFFIC
94% matchVery Positive83% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: Laud GamesPub: Laud Publishing
Windows
TRAFFIC is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.5%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 12.5%
- #7 The Strange Lights
92% matchVery Positive91% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 12.3%, Cinematic 11.2%, Realistic 8.6%
- #8 Cold House
93% matchMixed55% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Menge Studio
Windows
The protagonist gets into a car accident and is forced to take shelter from the cold in an abandoned house, waiting for warmer temperatures, where it will soon turn out that he is not alone at all..
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Cinematic 8.6%
- #9 Delirium
91% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Delirium is a psychological horror game set in a suburban house. After a mysterious explosion, reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.7%, Surreal 7.6%
- #10 Reflection
91% matchVery Positive84% of 230 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: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 12.1%, Realistic 9%
- #11 Luto
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Bird Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Walking Simulator 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 12.3%, Cinematic 10.9%, Psychological 9.4%
- #12 Route8
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: PLAY Mephistowaltz
Windows
"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.3%, Surreal 11%, Mystery 9.8%
- #13 A Lonely Cabin Trip
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Surreal 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.6%
- #14 The Shadow Over Route 80
88% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: the ito project
Windows
Alone at night, working at a petrol station deep in the American wheat belt. Something feels off... are you sure you're alone? A short 10-15 minute horror game with multiple endings.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Horror 10.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #15 Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
86% matchVery Positive91% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Night Shift TeamPub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Dark 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Realistic 13.1%, First-Person 10.2%
- #16 Misery Mansion
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.1%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 15.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Realistic 8.7%
- #17 Infliction
86% matchVery Positive81% of 936 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Surreal 10.1%, Dark 8.5%
- #18 Dreamless
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 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 14.5%, Dark 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological 11%
- #19 Chorus of Carcosa
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Chameleon 42
Windows
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
Why similar: Surreal 12%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Lovecraftian 10.1%, Dark 9.1%
- #20 JANITOR BLEEDS
84% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: KorpusPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.
Why similar: Surreal 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological 10.8%, Dark 9.8%
- #21 The Deadseat
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Dark 23.2%, Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #22 The Midnight Bus
82% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: itandfeel
Windows
A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.7%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological 16.1%, Dark 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #23 The Land of Pain
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2017
Dev: Alessandro Guzzo
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.9%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Surreal 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10%
- #24 Great Toilet Simulator
82% matchVery Positive82% of 534 reviews2019
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.
Why similar: Horror 43.3%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 9%
- #25 Last Guest
79% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Room13Games
Windows
Last Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. You are a tired traveler who stops at a creepy roadside motel. The motel on the highway seems normal at first glance, but only at first glance. Strange staff and rumors about room 8 will make you question the reality of what is happening.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.5%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 15.5%, First-Person 10%, Psychological 9.7%
- #26 Siren Head: Awakening
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 918 reviews2020
Dev: Prisma Games L.L.C.
Windows · Mac
Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.
Why similar: Horror 16.7%, Surreal 14.8%, Dark 12.7%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #27 Dead of Night: Supermarket
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: SilverMoon Studios
Windows
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Surreal 13.7%, Horror 11.7%, Psychological 11%
- #28 Omitted
81% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: PsychoRavens
Windows
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.4%, Cinematic 6.7%
- #29 THRESHOLD
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 12%
- #30 Bigfoot Forest
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Adventure 16.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #31 Endless Suburbia
78% matchMixed64% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Horrid Vision LLC
Windows
A hyper-realistic horror driving game set in a suburban environment. Drive through six different atmospheric experiences where an alien invasion, spider infestation, murderous mime, and other frightful events will happen.
Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Realistic 15.9%, Cinematic 15.2%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #32 Mist
76% matchVery Positive81% of 180 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 23.7%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%
- #33 Dead End Road
77% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2016
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.
Why similar: Horror 78.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #34 Backrooms: Exploration
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: HNStudios
Windows
Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.
Why similar: Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.5%, Realistic 11.2%, Walking Simulator 11.1%
- #35 God's Basement
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
Dev: Erebus
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological 8.1%
- #36 DYSTHANASIA
72% matchVery Positive90% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: Madowaku KoboPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.4%
- #37 Loop//Error
73% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 16.9%, Dark 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #38 The Inn-Sanity
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,530 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.6%, Realistic 7.6%
- #39 CoRoT
74% matchMixed67% of 52 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: Surreal 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 8.5%
- #40 Dark Fracture: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,356 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Surreal 12.4%, Lovecraftian 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Horror 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #41 Silent Nights
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.6%, Cinematic 10.5%, Dark 10.3%
- #42 Necrophosis
71% matchVery Positive90% of 752 reviews2025
Dev: Dragonis AresPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20%, Surreal 18.2%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #43 The Last Visit: 98th
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Union State GamesPub: Union State Games
Windows
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.9%, Realistic 7.3%
- #44 I'm counting to 6...
71% matchVery Positive85% of 729 reviews2024
Dev: EMIKA_GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Turning onto an old road, the main character gets into an accident due to thick fog. Now he's trying to find someone who can help him. Forced to enter an old house, the main character finds himself trapped, from which it is not so easy to get out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Cinematic 12.6%, Dark 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Realistic 7.9%
- #45 Mystic Rest Stop
73% matchMixed65% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Catire Games Studio
Windows
Welcome to your new summer job. Arthur Brooks, a 22 year old, starts a night job at Moon Gas Station. As he settles in, he experiences strange events that unsettle him. The urban legends about the gas station seem to come to life. Dealing with customers at night is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Horror 14.9%, Cinematic 10.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #46 VOID CRAWLER
70% matchVery Positive89% of 81 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: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Surreal 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.1%
- #47 Sector 404
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Empty Studio
Windows
Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 9.1%, Dark 8.1%
- #48 Unseen
69% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Redsroll
Windows
It’s an indie horror game where John, a forensic photographer, after an unexpected and exhausting shift, is forced to spend the night away from home. What seemed like a temporary rest soon begins to turn unsettling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 9.4%, Exploration 7.4%
- #49 Antihorror
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: HFM Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange coincidence brought traveler in unfamiliar places. It would be fine, except sinister desolation is starting to embrace the surroundings. There is no another soul around for the tens of kilometers. Or that’s what it seems like? I should probably go deal with that.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #50 CRUELTY
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: 838s Maniacs
Windows
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.8%, Cinematic 13%, Dark 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.4%
- #51 It Happened At Night
69% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #52 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
67% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%
- #53 Midnight Snack
65% matchVery Positive86% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows
A short first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave.
Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 12.4%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
- #54 The Hotel
68% 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: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.8%, Surreal 11.7%, Dark 9.8%
- #55 Death Motel
67% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Horror 25.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 10.4%
- #56 GORE
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: CosmicArcade
Windows
GORE is a Lovecraft-inspired horror experience set deep in the Rocky Mountains. Explore the wilderness and uncover the origins of the fleshy entity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.5%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.2%, Cinematic 8.2%
- #57 True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Fox Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in an atmospheric psychological horror with a haunting VHS aesthetic. As a night-shift waitress at a secluded roadside café, serve strange patrons and feel mounting dread. Each night, the nightmare becomes more real, and someone is watching from the darkness. Can you survive?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Horror 13.9%, Cinematic 12.4%, First-Person 7.4%
- #58 Chasing Static
66% matchVery Positive87% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.8%, Cinematic 9.8%
- #59 Mortal Decay
67% 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 15.3%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Psychological 9.2%
- #60 Implements of Hell
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 103 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: Walking Simulator 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.3%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological 9.5%